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Earthquakes in El Salvador

4,220 earthquakes catalogued in and around El Salvador between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.8
Latest earthquake · depth 12 km
29.07.2026 02:27 UTC · from centre 151 km
4,220
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.95
mean magnitude
2,152
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02945891900: 2 (M5+)19001901: 1 (M5+)1902: 1 (M5+)1906: 1 (M5+)1907: 1 (M5+)19101912: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)1917: 1 (M5+)1918: 3 (M5+)1919: 2 (M5+)19201921: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M5+)1925: 2 (M5+)1926: 3 (M5+)1927: 1 (M5+)1929: 5 (M5+)1930: 2 (M5+)19301932: 3 (M5+)1934: 3 (M5+)1936: 3 (M5+)1938: 1 (M5+)1939: 4 (M5+)19401941: 1 (M5+)1942: 2 (M5+)1944: 1 (M5+)1945: 1 (M5+)1946: 2 (M5+)1947: 2 (M5+)19501951: 5 (M5+)1953: 1 (M5+)1954: 1 (M5+)1955: 3 (M5+)1958: 1 (M5+)19601961: 1 (M5+)1963: 3 (M4–5)1964: 3 (M3–4)1964: 14 (M4–5)1964: 4 (M5+)1965: 2 (M3–4)1965: 8 (M4–5)1965: 3 (M5+)1966: 1 (M3–4)1966: 12 (M4–5)1966: 2 (M5+)1967: 1 (M3–4)1967: 18 (M4–5)1967: 1 (M5+)1968: 16 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M5+)1969: 17 (M4–5)1969: 2 (M5+)1970: 9 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M5+)19701971: 8 (M4–5)1971: 2 (M5+)1972: 9 (M4–5)1972: 3 (M5+)1973: 7 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M5+)1974: 9 (M4–5)1974: 5 (M5+)1975: 9 (M4–5)1975: 1 (M5+)1976: 21 (M4–5)1976: 9 (M5+)1977: 1 (M3–4)1977: 10 (M4–5)1977: 3 (M5+)1978: 12 (M4–5)1978: 4 (M5+)1979: 18 (M4–5)1979: 3 (M5+)1980: 17 (M4–5)1980: 2 (M5+)19801981: 12 (M4–5)1981: 3 (M5+)1982: 16 (M4–5)1982: 14 (M5+)1983: 11 (M4–5)1983: 2 (M5+)1984: 10 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M5+)1985: 1 (M3–4)1985: 22 (M4–5)1985: 7 (M5+)1986: 2 (M3–4)1986: 6 (M4–5)1986: 4 (M5+)1987: 16 (M4–5)1987: 3 (M5+)1988: 11 (M4–5)1988: 5 (M5+)1989: 3 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 1 (M3–4)1990: 16 (M4–5)1990: 2 (M5+)19901991: 18 (M4–5)1991: 7 (M5+)1992: 1 (M3–4)1992: 25 (M4–5)1992: 4 (M5+)1993: 66 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1994: 4 (M3–4)1994: 17 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M5+)1995: 1 (M<3)1995: 8 (M3–4)1995: 26 (M4–5)1995: 4 (M5+)1996: 5 (M3–4)1996: 20 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M5+)1997: 1 (M<3)1997: 5 (M3–4)1997: 28 (M4–5)1997: 6 (M5+)1998: 5 (M3–4)1998: 19 (M4–5)1998: 3 (M5+)1999: 2 (M3–4)1999: 32 (M4–5)1999: 4 (M5+)2000: 9 (M3–4)2000: 36 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M5+)20002001: 50 (M3–4)2001: 183 (M4–5)2001: 31 (M5+)2002: 8 (M3–4)2002: 47 (M4–5)2002: 5 (M5+)2003: 1 (M<3)2003: 16 (M3–4)2003: 42 (M4–5)2003: 5 (M5+)2004: 3 (M<3)2004: 23 (M3–4)2004: 55 (M4–5)2004: 3 (M5+)2005: 15 (M3–4)2005: 52 (M4–5)2005: 5 (M5+)2006: 3 (M<3)2006: 23 (M3–4)2006: 58 (M4–5)2006: 10 (M5+)2007: 6 (M<3)2007: 8 (M3–4)2007: 38 (M4–5)2007: 5 (M5+)2008: 4 (M<3)2008: 16 (M3–4)2008: 42 (M4–5)2008: 4 (M5+)2009: 2 (M3–4)2009: 45 (M4–5)2009: 4 (M5+)2010: 2 (M3–4)2010: 20 (M4–5)2010: 5 (M5+)20102011: 16 (M3–4)2011: 44 (M4–5)2011: 6 (M5+)2012: 1 (M<3)2012: 14 (M3–4)2012: 60 (M4–5)2012: 7 (M5+)2013: 2 (M3–4)2013: 35 (M4–5)2013: 6 (M5+)2014: 5 (M3–4)2014: 37 (M4–5)2014: 5 (M5+)2015: 14 (M3–4)2015: 36 (M4–5)2015: 7 (M5+)2016: 11 (M3–4)2016: 39 (M4–5)2016: 5 (M5+)2017: 1 (M<3)2017: 9 (M3–4)2017: 30 (M4–5)2017: 8 (M5+)2018: 1 (M<3)2018: 81 (M3–4)2018: 71 (M4–5)2018: 13 (M5+)2019: 86 (M3–4)2019: 82 (M4–5)2019: 9 (M5+)2020: 2 (M<3)2020: 60 (M3–4)2020: 40 (M4–5)20202021: 12 (M<3)2021: 51 (M3–4)2021: 52 (M4–5)2021: 8 (M5+)2022: 9 (M<3)2022: 59 (M3–4)2022: 50 (M4–5)2022: 5 (M5+)2023: 30 (M<3)2023: 85 (M3–4)2023: 50 (M4–5)2023: 5 (M5+)2024: 201 (M<3)2024: 152 (M3–4)2024: 75 (M4–5)2024: 10 (M5+)2025: 239 (M<3)2025: 258 (M3–4)2025: 80 (M4–5)2025: 12 (M5+)2026: 94 (M<3)2026: 88 (M3–4)2026: 39 (M4–5)2026: 2 (M5+)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.807.09.1915 01:2080 km24 km
7.713.01.2001 17:3357.6 km86 km
7.706.08.1942 23:3735 km241 km
7.519.04.1902 02:230 km227 km
7.504.02.1976 09:017.6 km170 km
7.327.08.2012 04:3716 km187 km
7.314.10.2014 03:5163.9 km162 km
7.319.06.1982 06:2176.3 km76 km
7.228.03.1921 07:4915 km198 km
7.121.05.1932 10:1015 km114 km
7.108.02.1926 15:1820 km169 km
7.108.10.1901 02:140 km225 km
7.005.11.1926 07:5515 km257 km
7.009.11.1900 13:12—147 km
7.009.11.1900 16:100 km147 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.829.07.2026 02:2712 km151 km
4.528.07.2026 04:16115 km121 km
3.127.07.2026 14:231 km114 km
2.525.07.2026 15:066 km95 km
2.625.07.2026 10:4214 km134 km
3.022.07.2026 11:3014 km144 km
4.021.07.2026 21:0526 km119 km
2.521.07.2026 04:5710 km136 km
3.020.07.2026 20:392.1 km90 km
3.220.07.2026 09:5215 km152 km
3.220.07.2026 05:1317 km149 km
3.518.07.2026 01:345 km136 km
2.918.07.2026 00:4711 km138 km
3.517.07.2026 21:5143.6 km125 km
3.617.07.2026 15:5126 km129 km
3.415.07.2026 16:4920 km114 km
3.815.07.2026 14:3768.9 km94 km
4.015.07.2026 00:4250 km104 km
3.614.07.2026 19:5850 km84 km
2.813.07.2026 14:2413 km140 km
3.913.07.2026 13:0337.3 km107 km
2.913.07.2026 07:5217 km151 km
2.512.07.2026 03:2428 km127 km
3.009.07.2026 20:4513 km154 km
2.709.07.2026 10:4621 km128 km
2.509.07.2026 01:085 km111 km
2.508.07.2026 06:1025 km127 km
4.307.07.2026 17:46200 km29 km
3.105.07.2026 04:0116 km148 km
2.804.07.2026 13:2625 km111 km
3.501.07.2026 19:4639.2 km88 km
2.901.07.2026 02:1718 km153 km
3.930.06.2026 12:3526 km109 km
4.229.06.2026 21:2761.2 km95 km
4.429.06.2026 21:2752.8 km96 km
3.529.06.2026 08:4428 km108 km
3.128.06.2026 13:2827 km144 km
2.727.06.2026 09:4725 km120 km
3.924.06.2026 22:1113 km157 km
3.824.06.2026 13:2726 km99 km
2.924.06.2026 09:3331 km128 km
4.423.06.2026 23:3120 km165 km
3.723.06.2026 17:3182.5 km83 km
4.423.06.2026 08:2556.3 km80 km
2.723.06.2026 04:04168 km151 km
2.723.06.2026 00:2526 km127 km
2.622.06.2026 15:55243 km126 km
2.521.06.2026 11:1225 km118 km
2.720.06.2026 23:3922 km153 km
3.720.06.2026 17:5133.2 km100 km
3.120.06.2026 12:5312 km155 km
3.220.06.2026 11:3017 km149 km
3.520.06.2026 08:33188.9 km12 km
3.017.06.2026 23:4321 km136 km
3.216.06.2026 12:5926 km130 km
2.515.06.2026 23:056 km105 km
2.915.06.2026 18:525 km105 km
2.514.06.2026 07:1124 km99 km
4.012.06.2026 10:5538.7 km123 km
3.412.06.2026 01:3527 km128 km

Regions

Usulután1,018San Miguel956La Unión875La Paz803Ahuachapán760La Libertad757Sonsonate695San Vicente665Santa Ana629San Salvador354Cuscatlán268Cabañas223Chalatenango186Morazán156

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.