Landslide - September 1982, El Salvador
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Landslide – Windstorms
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On the 18 and 19 of September 1982, up to 23cm of rain across the country contributed, on the 19 September to the displacement of 200,000 m3 of debris from the western flank of the San Salvador volcano. 500 lives were lost and 2400 made homeless.
1 Bommer, J.J & Rodriguez, C.E. 2002. Earthquake-induced landslides in Central America. Engineering Geology. Vol. 63, pp 189-220
Event overview table
| No. Deaths | 500 |
| No. Injured | |
| No. Affected | 2,400 |
| Houses destroyed | |
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| Other damage | |
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