1965 San Salvador earthquake
UTC time | 1965-05-03 10:01:38 |
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ISC event | 856602 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | May 3, 1965 |
Local time | 04:01 CST |
Magnitude | 5.9 Mw[1] |
Depth | 15.0 km (9.3 mi) |
Epicenter | 13°40′59″N 89°04′12″W / 13.683°N 89.070°W |
Areas affected | El Salvador |
Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
Casualties | 125 dead, 500 injured |
The 1965 San Salvador earthquake occurred at 04:01 in the morning on May 3, 1965. It had a
Tectonic setting
El Salvador lies above the convergent boundary where oceanic crust of the Cocos Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean Plate at rate of about 72 mm per year along the Middle America Trench. This boundary is associated with earthquakes resulting from movement on the plate interface itself, such as the Mw 7.7 1992 Nicaragua earthquake, and from faulting within both the overriding Caribbean Plate and the subducting Cocos Plate, such as the 1982 El Salvador earthquake.[3][4]
Damage and casualties
The earthquake left 125 people dead across the
The shaking was quick and violent, and many people did not have time to leave their homes. Most buildings in the capital were built out of adobe, which lead to many deaths and hundreds of injuries.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "M 5.9 - 4 km ESE of Ilopango, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "Imágenes del mortal terremoto de 1965 que sacudió toda el área metropolitana de San Salvador". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ ANSS. "El Salvador 2001: M 7.7 – offshore El Salvador". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- doi:10.1016/S0267-7261(02)00024-6, archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-10-08
- ^ "Se cumplen 54 años del terremoto que destruyó gran parte de San Salvador". elsavador.com (in Spanish). 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2022-01-27.