Earthquake — El Salvador; Guatemala

When

13 Jan 2001

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.7

Where

El Salvador

Coordinates

13.05° N, 88.66° W

Deaths

844

Injuries

4723

Damage musd

753

Houses destroyed

108226

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

60

On 13 January 2001, at 11:33 CTZ, a Mw 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Usulután Department, El Salvador, at a depth of 60 km (37 mi). At least 952 people were killed; 944 in El Salvador and 8 in Guatemala, over 5,500 were injured and nearly 200 were left missing due to the earthquake; every single department in the country reported casualties and severe damage, and damage from the earthquake was reported in fi…

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and causing massive landslides, which leaves thousands of those affected homeless”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,7 in El Salvador”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En El Salvador, un terremoto de 7,9 deja 952 muertos y pérdidas económicas calculadas en 1255.4 millones de dólares estadounidenses”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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