Destructive earthquake threat
Submitted by administrator on Fri, 12/01/2007 - 12:30.
Earthquakes
On average El Salvador is struck by a destructive earthquake once a decade with damaging quakes occurring in 1951, 1965, 1986 and 20011.
The return period for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake is just 25 years2.
1 Rose, W.I., Bommer, J.J. & Sandovel, C. 2004. Natural hazards and risk mitigation in El Salvador: An introduction. Geographical Society of America Special Paper 375. pp 397-404
2 Bent, A.L & Evans, S.G. 2003. The MW 7.6 El Salvador earthquake of 13 January 2001 and implications for seismic hazard in El Salvador. Geological Society of America Special Paper 375.