List of earthquakes in El Salvador
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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 | [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] | |||
| 1854-04-16 | San Salvador | 6.5–6.6 | <100 | ~50 | Severe damage | [15] | ||
| 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] | ||||
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