On 23 May 1575, a telluric earthquake struck the city of San Salvador in the Spanish colony of New Spain.
[1] On 23 May 1575, the day after the Christian holiday of Pentecost, an telluric earthquake struck the city of San Salvador.
[1] The intensity of the earthquake is unknown,[1][2] but it destroyed the city of San Salvador; almost all of the city's buildings were destroyed,[3] including its oldest church.
On 18 November 1576, Spanish King Philip II issued a royal decree in Madrid providing aid to the city.
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