Natural disasters in Argentina

Argentina is also affected greatly by natural disasters. These natural disasters include flooding, earthquakes, landslides, heat waves, windstorms and epidemics.

History of previous natural disasters:

Earthquakes:

Earthquake	Date	Magnitude
Salta earthquake	1692-09-13	7.0
Mendoza earthquake	1782-05-22	7.0
Santiago del Estero earthquake	1817-07-04	7.0
Trancas earthquake	1826-01-19	6.4
Salta earthquake	1844-10-18	6.5
Mendoza earthquake	1861-03-20	7.0
Jujuy earthquake	1863-01-14	6.4
Oran earthquake	1871-10-09	6.4
Oran earthquake	1874-07-06	6.0
Rio de la Plata earthquake	1888-06-05	5.5
Recreo earthquake	1892-03-21	6.0
San Juan earthquake	1894-10-27	8.0
Catamarca earthquake	1898-02-05	6.4
Yacuiba earthquake	1899-03-23	6.4
La Rioja earthquake	1899-04-12	6.4
Oran earthquake	1903-08-12	6.0
Tafi del Valle earthquake	1906-11-17	6.0
Tucuman earthquake	1907-08-11	5.5
Salta earthquake	1908-02-05	6.0
Tucuman earthquake	1908-09-22	6.5
Mendoza earthquake	1913-11-06	5.5
Mendoza earthquake	1917-07-27	6.5
Mendoza earthquake	1920-12-17	6.0
Mendoza earthquake	1927-04-14	7.1
Southern Mendoza Earthquake	1929-05-23	5.7
La Poma earthquake	1929-05-30	6.8
El Naranjo earthquake	1930-12-24	6.0
Tucuman earthquake	1931-04-03	6.3
Sampacho earthquake	1933-02-12	5.5
San Luis earthquake	1934-06-11	6.0
San Juan earthquake	1936-05-22	6.0
San Juan earthquake	1941-07-03	6.2
Cordoba earthquake	1944-01-15	7.4
Corrientes earthquake	1947-01-16	5.5
Salta earthquake	1948-01-21	5.5
Tierra del Fuego earthquake	1948-08-25	7.0
San Juan earthquake	1949-12-17	7.8
Villa Giardino earthquake	1952-06-11	7.0
Villa Castelli earthquake	1955-03-28	6.9
San Andres earthquake	1957-10-24	6.0
Belen earthquake	1959-05-12	6.8
Tartagal earthquake	1966-10-21	5.0
San Juan earthquake	1966-10-30	4.8
Mendoza earthquake	1966-11-10	5.9
Chaco earthquake	1967-04-25	5.4
San Juan earthquake	1968-10-15	5.0
Catamarca earthquake	1972-09-26	5.8
Salta earthquake	1973-11-03	5.8
Oran earthquake	1973-11-19	5.4
La Rioja earthquake	1974-08-17	5.0
San Juan earthquake	1977-06-07	5.1
San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1977-11-23	7.4
San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1977-12-06	5.9
Tucuman earthquake	1978-01-17	5.7
Mendoza earthquake	1981-05-09	5.0
Timbo Viejo earthquake	1985-01-26	5.9
San Juan earthquake	1992-02-29	5.2
San Juan earthquake	1993-06-08	6.5
San Francisco earthquake	1993-10-30	5.9

Floods:

March 2007 floods in the Argentine littoral

The littoral region of Argentina underwent heavy rainstorms in the early autumn season of 2007. Starting in late March and ending in mid-April, the rains caused several major rivers to rise and/or overflow their banks, partly or completely flooded many towns and large cities, ruined a significant part of the crops in a wide region, and severely damaged the physical infrastructure.

2003 Santa Fe flood

At the end of April 2003, several days of heavy rainfall caused some major rivers in the Santa Fe area to rise as much as 50 cm in 12 hours. The water level of the Salado River rose by almost two metres in just three hours.On 29 April, the Salado overflowed its margins and flooded large sections of Santa Fe. About 100,000 people had to be evacuated, 24 people died, and 28,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. A dyke had to be blown up in order for ease the flow of the floodwaters out of the city. In this key area for the agricultural and ranching industries, over 30,000 km of farmland were destroyed. The flood hit the capital hardest, but many other communities were also affected.The flood was unusual because it is generally the east side of Santa Fe, beside the Parana, which is afected by floodings. Salado River floodings are less usual.

Here are the top 10 greatest natural disasters of Argentina:

Disaster	Date	Killed
Earthquake	15-Jan-1944	10,000
Flood	Jul-1958	360
Extreme Temperature	4-Jan-1972	100
Wind Storm	Feb-1974	100
Earthquake	23-Nov-1977	70
Epidemic	Feb-1992	67
Flood	28-Feb-1966	62
Wind Storm	1-Jan-1973	60
Flood	10-Oct-1967	56
Slides	16-Aug-1965	45