1986 San Salvador earthquake
E88857
The 1986 San Salvador earthquake was a devastating magnitude 5.7 tremor that struck El Salvador’s capital region on October 10, 1986, causing widespread destruction and significant loss of life.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1986 El Salvador earthquake | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthquake
ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
San Salvador Department
ⓘ
San Salvador metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aftershocks | numerous aftershocks in following days ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1986 San Salvador earthquake
ⓘ
surface form:
1986 El Salvador earthquake
|
| capitalAffected | San Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | at least 1000 deaths ⓘ |
| country | El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damage | widespread structural damage in San Salvador ⓘ |
| date | 1986-10-10 ⓘ |
| day | 10 ⓘ |
| depth | 10 km ⓘ |
| economicLoss | hundreds of millions of US dollars ⓘ |
| epicenter | San Salvador ⓘ |
| faultType | strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | national state of emergency declared ⓘ |
| homeless | tens of thousands homeless ⓘ |
| humanImpact | psychological trauma among survivors ⓘ |
| impact |
disruption of water and power services
ⓘ
severe damage to health infrastructure ⓘ severe damage to housing stock ⓘ |
| injuries | several thousand injured ⓘ |
| intensityScale | Modified Mercalli intensity scale ⓘ |
| internationalAid | received international humanitarian assistance ⓘ |
| ledTo |
revisions of El Salvador building codes
ⓘ
urban planning reforms in San Salvador ⓘ |
| localTime | 11:49 ⓘ |
| longTermEffect |
increased awareness of seismic risk in El Salvador
ⓘ
strengthening of civil protection systems in El Salvador ⓘ |
| magnitude | 5.7 ⓘ |
| magnitudeScale | moment magnitude scale ⓘ |
| maximumIntensity | IX ⓘ |
| month | October ⓘ |
| notableBuildingCollapse |
Hospital Benjamin Bloom
ⓘ
multistory apartment buildings in San Salvador ⓘ |
| plateBoundary |
Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
ⓘ
surface form:
Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate boundary
|
| recordedBy | seismological networks worldwide ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Central American Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Central America volcanic arc
|
| timeZone | CST ⓘ |
| triggered |
ground fissures
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ |
| type | shallow crustal earthquake ⓘ |
| year | 1986 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1986 El Salvador earthquake