A more powerful earthquake stuck the same city in 1977 ; however new construction codes put in effect following the 1944 incident kept damage to a relative minimum . The most noteworthy loss following this event was the destruction of the Cathedral of San Juan ( '' image , at top '' ) . A new , modernist house of worship was quickly put up in its place and inaugurated in 1979
A more powerful earthquake
1977 San Juan earthquake
San Juan Province, Argentina