Inyikima enkulu, enobukhulu bokuqala be-6.6, ihlasele unxweme lwase-El Salvador. Inyikima yathumela abahlali aboyikayo ukubaleka baphume kumakhaya abo ngeeyure zokuqala.
Ngokwe-US Geological Survey (i-USGS), eyona nyikima inyikima yayimalunga neekhilomitha ezili-17 kumzantsi-mpuma weLa Libertad, ihlomela ledolophu elikomkhulu, iSanta Tecla. Ubunzulu yayiziimayile ezingama-40.
Inyikima ivakale ngamandla kwidolophu elikomkhulu, iSan Salvador, ngentseni yangoLwesine. Abantu bashiye amakhaya abo ngeetotshi, kwaye amandla akhutshwa ngaphandle kwezinye iindawo.
Inyikima enkulu yavakala naseBelize, eCosta Rica, e-El Salvador, eGuatemala, eHonduras, eNicaragua naseMexico.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngokwe-US Geological Survey (USGS), undoqo wenyikima wawumalunga neekhilomitha ezili-17 kumzantsi-mpuma weLa Libertad, ihlomela-dolophu lekomkhulu lengingqi, iSanta Tecla.
- Inyikima iye yavakala ngamandla kwikomkhulu, iSan Salvador, ngentsasa yangoLwesine.
- Inyikima ithumele abahlali aboyikayo ukuba babaleke baphume kumakhaya abo kwangethuba.