Case file · Apparition / miracle
Señor y Virgen del Milagro, Salta
During the earthquake of 13 September 1692, the people of Salta carried a crucifix and an image of the Virgin, which legend says had arrived floating in a box in 1592, in procession, and the tremors are said to have stopped.
1692 CE · -24.79, -65.41 · status: legend
The account
The images are kept in Salta Cathedral, and the Fiesta del Milagro each September, when hundreds of thousands of people renew a 'pact of fidelity', is one of Argentina's largest religious festivals.
The sceptical view
Aftershock sequences naturally die down; the arrival legend of 1592 has no documentary support.