The 1892 Recreo earthquake took place in the

Catamarca Province Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, fr ...

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on 21 March at about 01:45 AM, with magnitude of 6.0 on the

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. Its epicenter was located approximately at , and at a depth of about . The earthquake had a maximum felt intensity of VII on the

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. It caused some fatalities and serious structural damage in the town of Recreo.

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* Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica
''Listado de Terremotos Históricos''

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