Notable earthquakes in the history of El Salvador include the following:
Earthquakes
[edit]Date | Location | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Notes | ||
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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] | ||||
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Earthquake Information Center (15 January 2023). "M 5.2 - 9 km NW of Atiquizaya, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "180 casas inhabitables por sismos en Ahuachapán" (in Spanish). La Prensa Grafica. 19 January 2023.
- ^ "M 6.6 - 32km S of La Libertad, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "M 5.4 - 10 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- ^ "M6.9 - 156km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ "Nicaragua: mujer muere tras escuchar alarma de tsunami por sismo". Perú.com (in Spanish). November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "M 4.5 - 13 km WSW of Sesori, El Salvador". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- ^ "M 7.3 - 74km S of Intipuca, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "M 5.7 - 3 km S of San Vicente, El Salvador". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- ^ "M 4.0 - 2 km S of San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. 1987-01-15.
- ^ National Earthquake Information Center (10 October 1986). "M 4.6 - 2 km SE of Apopa, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b "Earthquakes". www.usgs.gov.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "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
[edit]- 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.