Table A-1 - Geographic distribution of maximum earthquake intensities in South America

Location			Maximum Earthquake Intensity
			VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI
ARGENTINA
	Province
		Catamarca	x	x
		Chaco	x
		Chubut	x
		Córdoba	x	x
		Corrientes	x
		Entre Ríos	x
		Jujuy	x	x	x
		La Rioja	x	x	x
		Mendoza	x	x	x	x
		Neuquén	x	x
		Río Negro	x
		Salta	x	x	x	x
		San Juan		x	x	x
		San Luis	x	x	x
		Santa Cruz	x
		Santiago del Estero	x
		Tierra del Fuego	x
		Tucumán	x
BOLIVIA
	Department
		Cochabamba	x	x
		Chuquisaca	x	x	x
		La Paz	x	x	x
		Oruro	x	x
		Potosí	x	x	x
		Santa Cruz	x	x
		Tarija	x	x	x	x
BRAZIL
	State
		Ceará	x
		Santa Catarina	x
CHILE
	Province
		Aisén	x
		Aconcagua		x	x	x	x
		Antofagasta	x	x	x
		Arauco			x
		Atacama	x	x	x	x
		Bío Bío	x	x	x
		Cautín	x	x	x
		Chiloé	x	x	x
		Colchagua	x	x	x
		Concepción			x	x
		Coquimbo		x	x	x
		Curicó	x	x	x
		Linares	x	x	x	x
		Llanquihue	x	x	x
		Magallanes	x	x
		Malleco	x	x	x
		Maule			x	x
		Ñuble	x	x	x	x
		O'Higgins	x	x	x
		Osorno	x	x	x
		Santiago		x	x	x
		Talca	x	x	x	x
		Tarapacá		x	x	x
		Valdivia	x	x	x
		Valparaíso			x	x	x
COLOMBIA
	Department
		Antioquia	x	x	x
		Arauca	x	x	x
		Atlántico	x	x
		Bolívar	x	x	x
		Boyaca	x	x	x
		Caldas			x	x
		Caquetá	x	x	x
		Cauca	x	x	x	x	x
		Choco		x	x	x
		Córdoba	x	x	x
		Cundinamarca		x	x	x
		Guajira	x	x	x
		Huila		x	x	x	x
		Magdalena	x	x	x
		Meta	x	x	x	x
		Nariño		x	x	x	x
		Norte de Santander		x	x	x	x
		Putumayo	x	x
		Santander	x	x	x	x
		Tolima		x	x	x
		Valle del Cauca		x	x	x
		Vaupés	x
		Vichada	x
ECUADOR
	Province
		Azuay		x	x
		Bolívar			x	x
		Cañar		x
		Carchi		x	x	x
		Chimborazo			x	x	x
		Cotopaxi		x	x	x	x
		El Oro			x
		Esmeraldas		x	x	x	x
		Guayas		x	x	x
		Imbabura		x	x	x
		Los Ríos		x	x
		Loja	x	x	x
		Manabí			x	x
		Morona Santiago	x	x	x
		Napo	x	x	x
		Pastaza	x	x
		Pichincha		x	x	x
		Tungurahua		x	x	x	x
		Zamora-Chinchipe		x	x
GUYANA				x	x
PERU
	Department
		Amazonas	x	x	x	x
		Ancash	x	x	x	x
		Apurímac		x	x
		Arequipa		x	x	x	x
		Ayacucho	x	x	x	x
		Cajamarca	x	x
		Cuzco	x	x	x	x
		Huancavelica	x	x	x
		Huánuco	x	x	x
		Ica		x	x	x
		Junín	x	x	x	x
		La Libertad	x	x	x	x
		Lambayeque	x	x	x
		Lima	x	x	x	x
		Loreto	x	x	x	x	x
		Madre de Dios	x	x
		Moquegua		x	x	x
		Pasco	x	x	x
		Piura		x	x	x
		Puno	x	x	x
		San Martín	x	x	x	x	x
		Tacna		x	x	x
		Tumbes			x	x
URUGUAY
	Department
		Artigas	x
VENEZUELA
	State
		Delta Amacuro	x	x	x	x
		Amazonas	x
		Apure	x	x	x
		Aragua		x	x	x
		Anzoátegui	x	x	x	x
		Barinas		x	x	x
		Bolívar	x	x
		Carabobo		x	x
		Cojedes		x	x
		Dist. Federal				x
		Falcón		x	x
		Guarico	x	x	x
		Lara				x	x
		Mérida				x	x
		Miranda			x	x	x
		Monagas			x	x
		Portuguesa		x	x	x
		Sucre				x	x
		Táchira			x	x	x
		Trujillo			x	x
		Yaracuy			x	x
		Zulia		x	x	x

Source: Adapted from Regional Seismological Center for South America (CERESIS). Maximum Intensity Map of South America. (Santiago, Chile: CERESIS, 1985).