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M7.0 - Offshore El Salvador, 1982
At least 40 people killed, many injured and thousands of people left homeless in El Salvador. Extensive damage (VII) and landslides south of San Salvador including some damage in San Salvador. Three people killed, 40 injured and considerable damage in southeastern Guatemala. Felt in Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.
M6.9 - Northern Peru, 1968
This earthquake centered in a sparsely populated area of the Amazon Basin. Moyobamba, in the Department of San Martin, was seriously affected. Forty-six people were killed, 120 injured, and 50 houses destroyed. In a boat trip along the Mayo River, Peruvian scientists reported landslides, ground fractures, and overturned trees.
From United States Earthquakes, 1968.
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