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October 2014 Nicaragua Earthquake
14 October 2014 · Gulf of Fonseca · El Salvador
On 14 October 2014 at 03:51 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck El Salvador (Gulf of Fonseca), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 95 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person. 5 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 14 October 2014
- Time
- 03:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 40 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Homes Destroyed
- 5
- Homes Damaged
- 41
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- El Salvador
- Nearest Volcano
- Cosigüina (78 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
- 1956Puerto Samoza · M 7.3
- 1921Nicaragua · M 7.2
- 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