List Of Earthquakes In El Salvador
Notable earthquakes in the history of El Salvador include the following:
Earthquakes
| Date | Location | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-15 | Ahuachapán | 5.2 Mw | VII | 4 | Severe damage | |||
| 2019-05-30 | La Libertad | 6.6 Mw | VI | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2018-05-06 | La Unión | 5.4 Mw | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2015-08-09 | Usulután | 4.5 Mw | V | 4 | Moderate damage | |||
| 2014-10-14 | La Unión | 7.3 Mw | VII | 4 | Several | Severe damage | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 1986-10-10 | San Salvador | 4.6 Mw | V | Additional damage | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 1951-05-06 | Usulután, La Paz | 6.2 Mw | 400 | 1,100 | ||||
| 1936-12-19 | San Vicente | 6.1 | VII | 200 | ||||
| 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 | San Salvador | 7.3 | 57 | |||||
| 1859-08-12 | La Libertad | 7.3 | VII | Severe damage | ||||
| 1831-02-07 | San Salvador | 7.1 | ||||||
| 1783-11-29 | San Vicente | 7.6 | ||||||
| 1776-05-30 | San Salvador | 7.5 | ||||||
| 1719-06-03 | San Salvador | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 1625 | San Salvador | IX | Severe damage | |||||
| 1594-04-21 | San Salvador | 13 | ||||||
| 1575-05-23 | San Salvador | 3 | Severe damage | |||||
| 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
References
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.
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