Philipps

Philipps is a town and district in the Junín department, Mendoza province, Argentina. Document:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ymvqLb3QMuK_RLtKDr1DSiS1BCAxf_1RK0Az6ry2To8/edit?usp=drivesdk

Geography

Population

It had 795 inhabitants (Indec, 2001), which represents an increase of 119% compared to the 315 inhabitants (Indec, 1991) of the previous census.

Seismicity

The seismicity of the Cuyo area (central west of Argentina) is frequent and of low intensity, with a seismic silence of medium to severe earthquakes every 20 years.

• Sismo de 1861: although such catastrophic geological activity occurs since prehistoric times, the earthquake of March 20, 1861 (161 years) with 12 000 deaths, noted an important milestone in the history of Argentine seismic events as it was the strongest recorded and documented in the country. From this point on, successive Mendoza and municipal governments have been extremely careful and restricting building codes. With the 1944 earthquake of January 15, 1944 (79 years) the governments took state of the enormous chronic gravity of the earthquake in the region.
• 1920s earthquake: 6.8 intensity, destroyed part of its buildings and opened numerous cracks in the area. There were 250 deaths from the destruction of adobe houses
• Sismo del sur de Mendoza of 1929: very serious, and having not developed any preventive measures, despite having elapsed only nine years of the previous one, killed 30 inhabitants for the fall of adobe houses
• 1985 earthquake: it was another serious 9 s-long episode, breaking down the old Hospital del Carmen de Godoy Cruz.