Table A-3 - Geographic distribution of maximum earthquake intensities in Central America

Location			Maximum Earthquake Intensity
			VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
BELIZE
	District
		Stann Creek	x
		Toledo	x	x
COSTA RICA
	Province
		Alajuela	x	x	x
		Cartago		x	x
		Guanacaste		x	x
		Heredia	x	x	x
		Limón	x	x	x
		Puntarenas	x	x	x
		San José	x	x	x
EL SALVADOR
	Department
		Ahuchapán		x	x
		Cabañas	x	x
		Chalatenango	x	x
		Cuscatlán	x	x
		La Libertad		x	x
		La Paz		x	x
		La Unión	x	x	x
		Morazán		x	x
		San Miguel	x	x	x
		San Salvador	x	x	x
		San Vicente		x	x
		Santa Ana	x	x	x
		Sonsonate		x	x
		Usulatán		x	x
GUATEMALA
	Department
		Alta Verapaz	x	x	x
		Baja Verapaz		x	x
		Chimaltenango		x	x
		Chiquimula		x	x
		El Petén	x
		El Progreso	x	x	x
		El Quiché	x	x	x
		Escuintla		x	x
		Guatemala		x	x	x
		Huehuetenango		x	x	x
		Izabal		x	x
		Jalapa	x	x
		Jutiapa		x	x
		Quezaltenango		x	x	x
		Retalhuleu		x	x
		Sacatepéquez			x
		San Marcos			x	x
		Santa Rosa		x	x	x
		Sololá		x	x
		Suchitepéquez		x	x
		Totonicapán		x	x
		Zacapa		x	x
HONDURAS
	Department
		Atlántida	x	x	x
		Choluteca	x	x
		Colon	x	x
		Comayagua	x	x	x
		Copan	x	x	x
		Cortes	x	x	x
		Distrito Central	x
		El Paraíso	x
		Fco. Morazán	x
		Gracias a Dios	x
		Intibuca	x	x	x
		La Paz	x
		Lempira	x	x	x
		Ocotepeque	x	x	x
		Olancho	x
		Santa Barbara	x	x	x
		Valle	x	x
		Yoro	x
NICARAGUA
	Department
		Boaco	x
		Carazo		x
		Chinandega	x	x	x
		Chontales	x
		Granada		x	x
		León	x	x	x
		Managua	x	x	x
		Masaya		x	x
		Matagalpa	x
		Río San Juan	x
		Rivas		x

Source: Adapted from White, R.A. Maximum Earthquake Intensities in Central America (unpublished map). (Menlo Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey, 1988).