List of earthquakes in El Salvador explained
Notable earthquakes in the history of El Salvador include the following:
Earthquakes
| Date | Location | | 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 | VI | | 1 | Moderate damage | [5] |
| 2017-04-01 | La Libertad | 5.1 Mw | VI | 1 | | | |
| 2016-11-24 | San Vicente | 6.9 | IV | 1 | | Death caused by heart attack | [6] [7] |
| 2015-08-09 | Usulután | 4.5 | 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 | V | 0 | 40+ | Major tsunami, over 6 meters | |
| 2001-05-08 | San Vicente | 5.7 | 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 | | | |
| 1936-12-19 | | 6.1 | VII | 200 | | | [14] |
| 1919-04-28 | San Salvador | 5.9 | VII | 100 | | | |
| 1917-06-07 | La Libertad | 6.2–6.5 | VIII | 1,050 | | Severe damage | |
| 1873-03-19 | | 7.3 | | 57 | | | |
| 1859-08-12 | La Libertad | 7.3 | VII | | | Severe damage | |
| 1831-02-07 | | 7.1 | | | | | |
| 1783-11-29 | San Vicente | 7.6 | | | | | |
| 1776-05-30 | | 7.5 | | | | | |
| 1719-06-03 | | 7.0 | | 7 | | | |
| 1625 | | | IX | | | Severe damage | |
| 1594-04-21 | | | | 13 | | | |
| 1575-05-23 | | | | 3 | | Severe damage | |
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See also
References
Other sources
- Web site: Servicio Geológico Nacional . Estadística de Registros. Cronología de sismos destructivos en El Salvador . Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET) . 2010-03-14 .
- Book: White, Randall A. . Juan Pablo Lígoria . Ines Lucía Cifuentes . Inés Cifuentes . Rose, William Ingersol . et al. . Natural Hazards in El Salvador. 2004. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 375. 978-0-8137-2375-4. 379–96. Seismic history along the Middle America subduction zone along El Salvador, Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico: 1526-2000 . https://books.google.com/books?id=xZp0mS_QWHMC&pg=PA394.
Notes and References
- Web site: National Earthquake Information Center. M 5.2 – 9 km NW of Atiquizaya, El Salvador. 15 January 2023. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: EnlaMira. Reporte de viviendas dañadas por sismos sube a 220 en Ahuachapán. 17 January 2023. es. 31 January 2023. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131132238/https://enlamira.com.sv/2023/01/17/reporte-de-viviendas-danadas-por-sismos-en-ahuachapan-sube-a-220/. dead.
- Web site: La Prensa Grafica. 180 casas inhabitables por sismos en Ahuachapán. 19 January 2023. es.
- Web site: M 6.6 – 32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: M 5.4 – 10 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: M6.9 – 156 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey. November 24, 2016. November 24, 2016.
- News: Nicaragua: mujer muere tras escuchar alarma de tsunami por sismo. es. November 25, 2016. Perú.com. November 28, 2016.
- Web site: M 4.5 – 13 km WSW of Sesori, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: M 7.3 – 74 km S of Intipuca, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: M 5.7 – 3 km S of San Vicente, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: M 4.0 – 2 km S of San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador. United States Geological Survey. 1987-01-15.
- Web site: National Earthquake Information Center. M 4.6 – 2 km SE of Apopa, El Salvador. 10 October 1986. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: Earthquakes. United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: Cronología de sismos destructivos en El Salvador. Estadística de Registros (in Spanish). MARN-Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). 2020-04-07.
