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Historic Earthquake
1982 El Salvador Earthquake
19 June 1982 · San Salvador, Guatemala · El Salvador
On 19 June 1982 at 06:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck El Salvador (San Salvador, Guatemala), at a depth of 73 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 118 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 43 people.
- Date
- 19 June 1982
- Time
- 06:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 73 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 43
- Estimated Damage
- 5 million US dollars
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- El Salvador
- Nearest Volcano
- San Salvador Volcano (46 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
- 19761976 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.523,000 deaths
- 1950San Marcos · M 7.5
- 1942Near S Coast · M 7.7
- 1915El Salvador · M 7.77 deaths
- 1902Quezaltenango, San Marcos · M 7.52,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth