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 | ||
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2019-05-30 | La Libertad | 6.6 Mw | VI | 1 | [1] | |||
2018-05-06 | La Unión | 5.4 Mw | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | [2] | ||
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 | [3][4] | ||
2015-08-09 | Usulután | 4.5 Mw | V | 4 | Moderate damage | [5] | ||
2014-10-14 | La Unión | 7.3 Mw | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | [6] | ||
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 | [7] | ||
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 | ||
1986-10-10 | San Salvador | 5.7 Mw | IX | 1,000–3,000 | 10,000–20,000 | Extreme damage | ||
1982-06-19 | Usulután | 7.2 Mw | VII | 43 | $5 million damage | |||
1965-05-03 | San Salvador | 5.9 Mw | VIII | 125 | 500 | [8] | ||
1951-05-06 | Usulután, La Paz | 6.2 Mw | 400 | 1,100 | [8] | |||
1936-12-19 | San Vicente | 6.1 | VII | 200 | [9] | |||
1919-04-28 | San Salvador | 5.9 | VII | 100 | [9] | |||
1917-06-07 | La Libertad | 6.2–6.5 | VIII | 1,050 | Severe damage | [9] | ||
1873-03-19 | San Salvador | 7.3 | 57 | [9] | ||||
1859-08-12 | La Libertad | 7.3 | VII | Severe damage | [9] | |||
1831-02-07 | San Salvador | 7.1 | [9] | |||||
1783-11-29 | San Vicente | 7.6 | [9] | |||||
1776-05-30 | San Salvador | 7.5 | [9] | |||||
1719-06-03 | San Salvador | 7.0 | 7 | [9] | ||||
1625 | San Salvador | IX | Severe damage | [9] | ||||
1594-04-21 | San Salvador | 13 | [9] | |||||
1575-05-23 | San Salvador | 3 | [9] | |||||
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
- "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.
- "Earthquakes". www.usgs.gov.
- "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
- 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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