Back Terremotos d'El Salvador de 2001 AST Erdbeben in El Salvador Januar 2001 German Terremotos de El Salvador de 2001 Spanish زمینلرزه ۲۰۰۱ السالوادور Persian El Salvadorin maanjäristys 2001 Finnish Gempa bumi El Salvador 2001 ID Terremoto di El Salvador del 2001 Italian Trzęsienie ziemi w Salwadorze (2001) Polish Sismos de El Salvador de 2001 Portuguese Jordbävningarna i El Salvador 2001 Swedish
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| UTC time | 2001-01-13 17:33:32 |
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| ISC event | 1763440 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | January 13, 2001 |
| Local time | 11:33 |
| Magnitude | 7.7–7.9 Mw[1] |
| Depth | 60 kilometres (37 mi)[2][3] |
| Epicenter | 13°02′N 88°40′W / 13.04°N 88.66°W |
| Type | Normal |
| Areas affected | El Salvador Guatemala |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
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The January 2001 El Salvador earthquake struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001, at 17:33:34 UTC. The 7.6 (later estimated to be 7.7 or 7.9)[1] quake struck with the epicenter 60 miles (100 km) SW of San Miguel, El Salvador (13.04°N 88.66°W) at a depth of 60 km (31 mi).
- ^ a b Later estimates were revised to 7.7 or 7.9; see USGS Preliminary Earthquake Report Archived 2004-06-03 at the Wayback Machine and American Red Cross Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, for example.
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center. "Magnitude 7.7 EL SALVADOR 2001 January 13 17:33:32 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report". Archived from the original on June 3, 2004. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "Science Question of the Week" Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (comparing January 2001 quakes in India and El Salvador), NASA.gov, February 8, 2001. NASA estimates the epicenter depth at 39 km.
- ^ "Consolidado Final de Afectaciones - Terremoto El Salvador 13 de Enero de 2001" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015.