List of earthquakes in El Salvador

Notable earthquakes in the history of El Salvador include the following:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Earthquakes

Date	Location	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
2023-01-15	Ahuachapán	5.2 Mw	VII		4	Severe damage	[1] [2] [3]
2019-05-30	La Libertad	6.6 Mw	VI	1	1		[4]
2018-05-06	La Unión	5.4 Mw	VI		1	Moderate damage	[5]
2017-04-01	La Libertad	5.1 Mw	VI	1
2016-11-24	San Vicente	6.9 Mw	IV	1		Death caused by heart attack	[6] [7]
2015-08-09	Usulután	4.5 Mw	V		4	Moderate damage	[8]
2014-10-14	La Unión	7.3 Mw	VII	4	Several	Severe damage	[9]
2012-08-27	Usulután	7.3 Mw	V	0	40+	Major tsunami, over 6 meters
2001-05-08	San Vicente	5.7 Mw	VI	1		Moderate damage	[10]
2001-02-13	La Paz	6.6 Mw	VIII	315		Severe damage
2001-01-13	Usulután	7.7 Mw	IX	944	5,565	Severe damage, Major landslide
1987-01-15	La Libertad	4.0 Mw	IV			Severe damage	[11]
1986-10-10	San Salvador	4.6 Mw	V			Additional damage	[12]
1986-10-10	San Salvador	5.7 Mw	IX	1,000–3,000	10,000–20,000	Extreme damage
1982-06-19	Usulután	7.3 Mw	VII	43		$5 million damage
1965-05-03	San Salvador	5.9 Mw	VIII	125	500		[13]
1951-05-06	Usulután, La Paz	6.2 Ms		400–1,100			[13]
1936-12-19	San Vicente	6.1	VII	200			[14]
1919-04-28	San Salvador	5.9	VII	100			[14]
1917-06-07	La Libertad	6.2–6.5	VIII	1,050		Severe damage	[14]
1873-03-19	San Salvador	7.3		57			[14]
1859-08-12	La Libertad	7.3	VII			Severe damage	[14]
1831-02-07	San Salvador	7.1					[14]
1783-11-29	San Vicente	7.6					[14]
1776-05-30	San Salvador	7.5					[14]
1719-06-03	San Salvador	7.0		7			[14]
1625	San Salvador		IX			Severe damage	[14]
1594-04-21	San Salvador			13			[14]
1575-05-23	San Salvador			3		Severe damage	[14]
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• El Salvador portal

• Geology of El Salvador

References

1. National Earthquake Information Center (15 January 2023). "M 5.2 – 9 km NW of Atiquizaya, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
2. "Reporte de viviendas dañadas por sismos sube a 220 en Ahuachapán" (in Spanish). EnlaMira. 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
3. "180 casas inhabitables por sismos en Ahuachapán" (in Spanish). La Prensa Grafica. 19 January 2023.
4. "M 6.6 – 32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
5. "M 5.4 – 10 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
6. "M6.9 – 156 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
7. "Nicaragua: mujer muere tras escuchar alarma de tsunami por sismo". Perú.com (in Spanish). November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
8. "M 4.5 – 13 km WSW of Sesori, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
9. "M 7.3 – 74 km S of Intipuca, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
10. "M 5.7 – 3 km S of San Vicente, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
11. "M 4.0 – 2 km S of San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. 1987-01-15.
12. National Earthquake Information Center (10 October 1986). "M 4.6 – 2 km SE of Apopa, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
13. "Earthquakes". United States Geological Survey.
14. "Cronología de sismos destructivos en El Salvador. Estadística de Registros (in Spanish)". MARN-Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). Retrieved 2020-04-07.

Other sources

• Servicio Geológico Nacional. "Estadística de Registros. Cronología de sismos destructivos en El Salvador". Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). Retrieved 2010-03-14.
• White, Randall A.; Juan Pablo Lígoria; Ines Lucía Cifuentes (2004). "Seismic history along the Middle America subduction zone along El Salvador, Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico: 1526-2000". In Rose, William Ingersol; et al. (eds.). Natural Hazards in El Salvador. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 375. pp. 379–96. ISBN   978-0-8137-2375-4.