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El Salvador Earthquake Photo Library
February 2001
These images of the aftermath of the earthquake that struck El Salvador and neighboring countries were taken in February, 2001. They can be reproduced by members of the ACT network provided they are credited "Paul Jeffrey/ACT". Others must obtain permission. Clicking any photo will take you to a high resolution image.
Omar Vasquez, 11, of San Augustín, Usulután, carries off a door that his father has recovered from the wreckage of their home.
Rubble lies as much as two meters deep in the streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
Maria Rivas, 55, a resident of Ozatlán, Usulután, cleans rubble from what was her home before a January earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
A woman walks through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
A hillside above the Las Colinas neighborhood of Santa
Tecla gave way during the January 13 quake, burying more than 600 houses below, killing hundreds of people. Environmentalists and city officials had long resisted the plans of developers to build on the hillside, claiming that deforestation was weakening the soil and endangering those living below.
The streets of Santa Elena, Usulután, are more than two meters deep in rubble in many places.
Residents of Santa Elena, Usulután, work to clean up the rubble left from January's earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador
have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural
villages throughout the ravaged country.
Salvadoran soldiers helps pull down damaged housing in
Santa Elena, Usulután. El Salvador's military, long plagued by a reputation for brutality and repression, is - in some places - using the emergency to demonstrate a new commitment to peaceful activities.
A woman walks through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps his
father dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was
destroyed in the January earthquake. For now,
the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps his father dig
the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now,
the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
A father and son set off to work clearing rubble in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
The remains of a house in San Augustín, Usulután. About 90 percent of the houses in this village were destroyed by the January 13 quake.
Rubble lies as much as two meters deep in the streets
of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
Women walk through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.