Earth Quakes in San Salvador

I remember my first earthquake experience while staying at the princess hotel in San Salvador.. I was 5 stories up on the building in my room. I had never been in an earthquake before. the bed shook the windows shook i was scared.. but it was over rather quickly.. After realizing what it was i was quite shaken but for the next several months they happen quite regularly. Even to the point where you do not even notice them any longer. But when the big ones do hit it takes a tremendous tool on this country. Hopefully we are years away from another one so large. Ex 2002

"An earthquake registered 5.4 on the Richter scale shook on Tuesday some areas of El Salvador without producing victims or damages.
The earthquake took place at 9:05 a.m. local time (1505 GMT) and had its epicenter in front to the coasts of Guatemala, according to information reaching here from San Salvador.
Salvadorian National Service of Territorial Studies (SNET) said that the earthquake was of three degrees at the Mercalli scale. This means it was light, but was felt by people at houses and buildings.
On Oct. 16, another earthquake measuring 6.5 in the Richter scale hit coast in the border between Mexico and Guatemala."