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Historic Earthquake
1951 El Salvador Earthquake
6 May 1951 · Jucuapa · El Salvador
On 6 May 1951 at 23:08 UTC, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck El Salvador (Jucuapa), at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 156 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1,100 people.
- Date
- 6 May 1951
- Time
- 23:08 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Depth
- 100 km
- Deaths
- 1,100
- Estimated Damage
- 23 million US dollars
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- El Salvador
- Nearest Volcano
- Cosigüina (25 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.3
- 2001January 2001 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.7844 deaths
- 19921992 Nicaragua Earthquake · M 7.6170 deaths
- 19821982 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.343 deaths
- 19761976 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.523,000 deaths
- 1956Puerto Samoza · M 7.3
- 1916Off Coast · M 7.5
- 1915El Salvador · M 7.77 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth