An earthquake occurred on 26 August 2012 at 22:37 local time (Central Standard Time). The earthquake located off the coast of El Salvador measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) and had a focal depth of 16.0 kilometres (10 mi).[1] No deaths were reported, however more than 40 people were injured when they were caught in a tsunami generated by the earthquake. Waves from the tsunami were unusually large for an earthquake of this size. The large waves were attributed to the earthquake's unique rupture characteristic.[4] In addition to the absence of fatalities, damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami was minimal as a result of the sparse population around the affected region and the slow rupture characteristic of the event.
^ abcISC-OB Event 601626911 [IRIS].
^"M 7.3 - off the coast of El Salvador". earthquake.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^"Tsunami Event Information". ngdc.noaa.gov. NCEI. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^José A. Álvarez-Gómez, Alejandra Staller Vázquez, José J. Martínez-Díaz, Carolina Canora, Jorge Alonso-Henar, Juan M. Insua-Arévalo & Marta Béjar-Pizarro (1 August 2019). "Push-pull driving of the Central America Forearc in the context of the Cocos-Caribbean-North America triple junction". Scientific Reports. 9 (11164): 11164. Bibcode:2019NatSR...911164A. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47617-3. PMC 6671955. PMID 31371752.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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