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El Salvador - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 41
No of people killed: 3,995
Average killed per year: 154
No of people affected: 3,169,705
Average affected per year: 121,912
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 4,567,210
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 175,662


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.15
Earthquake*: 0.23
Epidemic: 0.27
Extreme temp: 0.04
Flood: 0.46
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.04
Mass mov. wet: 0.04
Volcano: 0.04
Storm: 0.31
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Earthquake* 2001 1,334,529
Earthquake* 1986 770,000
Drought 2001 400,000
Earthquake* 2001 256,021
Storm 1998 84,000
Storm 2005 72,141
Flood 1982 68,000
Epidemic 2003 50,000
Flood 1988 39,060
Earthquake* 1982 32,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1986 1,100
Earthquake* 2001 844
Flood 1982 500
Storm 1998 475
Earthquake* 2001 315
Epidemic 2003 304
Epidemic 1991 155
Storm 2005 69
Flood 1988 33
Flood 2005 33

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 1986 1,500,000
Earthquake* 2001 1,500,000
Storm 1998 388,100
Storm 2005 355,700
Earthquake* 2001 348,500
Flood 1982 280,000
Drought 1998 170,000
Drought 2001 22,400
Flood 1999 1,500
Drought 1994 1,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 380.00
Epidemic: 70.57
Extreme temp: 1.00
Flood: 51.08
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 22.00
Mass mov. wet: 22.00
Volcano: 2.00
Storm: 70.13
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 100,000.00
Earthquake*: 401,711.83
Epidemic: 9,935.86
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 10,528.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 2,000.00
Storm: 20,192.63
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 48,350.00
Earthquake*: 558,083.33
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 23,458.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 92,976.25
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement