Tsunami — El Salvador

When

13 Jan 2001

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

13.05° N, 88.66° W

Deaths

844

Injuries

4723

Damage musd

753

Houses destroyed

108226

Max water height m

0.25

Source quake magnitude

7.7

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

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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