Earthquake in El Salvador January 2001
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| date | January 13, 2001 | ||
| Time | 17:33:32 UTC | ||
| intensity | VIII on the MM scale | ||
| Magnitude | 7.7 M W | ||
| depth | 60 km | ||
| epicenter | 13 ° 2 '56 " N , 88 ° 39' 36" W | ||
| country | El Salvador , Guatemala | ||
| dead | 952 | ||
| Injured | at least 5565 | ||
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The earthquake in El Salvador on January 13, 2001 was an earthquake whose epicenter was on the coast of El Salvador , about 100 km southwest of San Miguel . It had a magnitude of 7.7 M wc on the moment magnitude scale . The quake, which acted at a depth of 60 km, originated on the border between the Caribbean and Cocos plates and was felt from Mexico City to Colombia , in almost all of Central America . Significant aftershocks occurred on January 14th and 16th.
944 people were killed in El Salvador - 585 of them in two major landslides in Nueva San Salvador and Comasagua - and 5565 injured. 108,226 homes were destroyed; more than 150,000 buildings suffered damage. In addition, more than 16,000 landslides occurred. Eight people died in the quake in Guatemala .
Individual evidence
- ↑ M 7.7 - offshore El Salvador. USGS , accessed January 4, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Magnitude 7.7 EL SALVADOR, 2001 January 13 17:33:32 UTC. USGS, archived from the original on June 3, 2004 ; accessed on September 19, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b Consolidado Final de Afectaciones - Terremoto El Salvador 13 de Enero de 2001. ( Memento of December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 39 kB) Comité de Emergencia Nacional de El Salvador, August 14, 2009 (Spanish).