Timeline Tuesday 13 February 2001

Events on Tuesday 13 February 2001 1

• 2001 El Salvador earthquakes Two major quakes a month apart kill over a thousand A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador on 13 January 2001, followed by a magnitude 6.6 quake on 13 February. Landslides buried neighbourhoods, notably in Santa Tecla. More than 1,100 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.