[1] Salteño tradition has it that the number of victims was not higher because the earthquake occurred during the day and that the villagers were able to take measures to prevent greater damage.

It is recounted that, in the middle of the chaos of the earthquake, while the houses were shaking and roofs were falling off, that the image of the Immaculate Conception (then called the Virgen del Milagro), then located in the Catedral de Salta [es], fell some three meters to the ground.

Nuestra Señora del Milagro was appointed "advocate" of the city and 13 September declared a national holiday.

[5][6][7] The celebrations commence with festivities as early as 6 September and continue until the 15th when the images of Christ and the Virgen del Milagro, are paraded through the streets in a grand procession.

They found a wall and one of the four towers of the fort that protected the city, located in Río Piedras, in the department of Metán.