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1888 Río de la Plata earthquake

1888 CE · Argentina, South America · Disaster

The 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake occurred on 5 June measuring 5. 5 on the Richter scale, and shook the upper Río de la Plata at 3:20 UTC-3. The epicentre was located 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) and 42 kilometres (26 mi) east of Buenos Aires (Argentina), with a hypocentre at a depth of 30 kilometres (19 mi).

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