Argentina Earthquake: Not A Chile Aftershock, Little Damage But 2 Dead

Initially an earthquake in the Salta Province of Argentina was reported as an aftershock from the massive Chilean quake. A seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey refuted it. The seismologist explained that aftershocks are not the same as an earthquake-triggered earthquake.

The seismologist said the earthquake struck too far away from Chile’s epicentre to be an aftershock. However, he said, the earthquake in Argentina may have been triggered by the earthquake in Chile. “We don’t know yet, but its not an aftershock.”

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck about 15 miles Northwest of Salta, the capital city of the country’s Salta Province. It struck around 12.45pm local time at a depth of 23.7 miles.

The Buenos Aires Herald reported that the earthquake killed an eight-year-old boy when a wall collapsed in Salta city, while several others were injured.

Dr Carman Castillo said one eight-year-old boy died and two other children were injured when masonry fell on them during the quake. A 70-year-old man was killed when the quake struck in Salta province in Argentina’s mountainous north-west

INPRES said it was a separate earthquake and not an aftershock from the quake that struck Chile nine hours earlier. INPRES is Argentine’s National Institute of Seismic Prevention.

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