|type = Strike-slip [4]
|countries affected = El Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
|intensity = IX (Violent) [5]
|casualties = 1,000–1,500 fatalities [4]
10,000–20,000 injuries [4]
}}The 1986 San Salvador earthquake occurred at {{tooltip|11:49:26 local time|17:49:26 UTC}} on October 10 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shock caused considerable damage to El Salvador's capital city of San Salvador and surrounding areas, including neighboring Honduras and Guatemala.[1]
Earthquake
The 1986 San Salvador earthquake occurred within the upper crust of the Caribbean Plate along the Central American volcanic chain. It was a result of left-lateral strike slip faulting perpendicular to the Central American volcanic chain.[2] The earthquake also caused landslides located in the San Salvador area.[3]
Damage
The earthquake caused between 1,000 and 1,500 deaths, 10,000 injuries, and left 200,000 homeless.[4][5] Shallow shocks directly under San Salvador caused the destruction of multiple structures. San Salvador's children's hospital, a marketplace, many restaurants and buildings, and shanty towns were significantly damaged or destroyed.[3]
See also
- List of earthquakes in El Salvador
References
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1986.php |title=Significant earthquakes in 1986 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227103514/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1986.php |archivedate=2009-02-27 |df= }}
2. ^{{Cite journal| last = White| first = Randall A.| last2 = Harlow| first2 = David H.| last3 = Alvarez| first3 = Salvador| date = 1987-08-01| title = The San Salvador Earthquake of October 10, 1986—Seismological Aspects and Other Recent Local Seismicity| journal = Earthquake Spectra| volume = 3| issue = 3| pages = 419–434| doi = 10.1193/1.1585439| issn = 8755-2930}}
3. ^1 {{Cite web| url = http://www.intrescue.info/hub/index.php/missions/el-salvador-earthquake-october-1986/| title = El Salvador Earthquake October 1986| publisher = International Rescue Corps| access-date = 2016-03-01}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/|author=USGS|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=United States Geological Survey|series=Version 2008_06.1}}
5. ^1 {{cite conference|url=http://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/Text/201406236|title=Evolving Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Practices : Implications from Recent Chile, Mexico, and El Salvador Earthquakes, 1988 Annual Meeting (EERI)|last=Bertero|first=V. V.|date=February 4, 1988|publisher=Earthquake Engineering Research Institute|book-title=The San Salvador earthquake of October 19, 1986|page=5|location=Mesa, Arizona|conference=|access-date=2015-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185547/http://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/Text/201406236|archive-date=2016-03-04|dead-url=yes|df=}}