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944 dead, 5,565 injured in El Salvador. 8 dead in Guatemala [2] [4] The January 2001 El Salvador earthquake struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001, at 17:33:34 UTC. The 7.6 (later estimated to be 7.7 or 7.9) [1] quake struck with the epicenter 60 miles (100 km) SW of San Miguel, El Salvador (13.04°N 88.66°W) at a depth of 60 km (31 mi).
VIII ( Severe) Casualties. 315 fatalities. The February 2001 El Salvador earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.6 on 13 February at 14:22:05 UTC. The epicentre was 15 miles (30 km) E of San Salvador, El Salvador, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). At least 315 people were killed, 3,399 were injured, and extensive damage affected the area.
Retrieved 2020-04-07. ^ "M 5.4 - 10 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador". earthquake.usgs.gov. ^ "M6.9 - 156km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. ^ "Nicaragua: mujer muere tras escuchar alarma de tsunami por sismo". Perú.com (in Spanish). November 25, 2016.
10,000–20,000 injuries. [2] The 1986 San Salvador earthquake occurred at 11:49:26 local time on 10 October 1986 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ). The shock caused considerable damage to El Salvador 's capital city of San Salvador and surrounding areas, including neighboring Honduras and Guatemala.
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5,000–45,000 dead 30,000 injured [4] The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people.
The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, [4] hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes. [4] [5] The epicenter was located 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 km (24 mi). [4] At least 595 people died and over 2,290 people were ...
An earthquake occurred on 26 August 2012 at 22:37 local time ( Central Standard Time ). The earthquake located off the coast of El Salvador measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale ( Mw) and had a focal depth of 16.0 kilometres (10 mi). [1] No deaths were reported, however more than 40 people were injured when they were caught in a tsunami ...