On January 13, 2001 (December 19, 2000 in the lunar calendar), a 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Central America, killing 355 people in El Salvador. On January 14, 2001, Beltran, spokesman of the National Police Headquarters of El Salvador, announced that so far, the death toll from the earthquake has increased to 355, another 1077 people have been injured, 7934 houses have been destroyed, and about 17,000 buildings have been damaged. Beltran said rescue work in the earthquake-stricken area is proceeding intensively. In a residential area buried by a landslide in the city of Santa Tequera in the central province of La Libertad alone, rescue workers have excavated the bodies of 170 victims. According to reports, Salvadoran President Flores, accompanied by cabinet members and envoys from various countries, visited the severely affected areas of Urrudan and San Miguel in the central and eastern regions on the 14th. During his inspection, he asked local residents to continue to maintain a high degree of vigilance and called on the international community to continue to assist disaster relief efforts. It was also reported that several aftershocks occurred after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale in Central America on the 13th. The powerful earthquake also killed 6 people and injured 10 others in Guatemala, damaged 28 houses and destroyed 6 roads.