EL SALVADOR  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1902 2 26 - 13.00 -89.00 - - T 185 - cons El Salvador/Guatemala
1906 6 22 - - - - - 　 - - some El Salvador:Santa Ana,San Salvador
1915 9 7 120U 13.92 -89.65 n 7.7 　 7 many 　 El Salvador:Juayua/Guatemala (I=8) 7.4B 7.7S
1916 2 27 2021U 11.00 -86.00 - 7.4 　 - - 　 Nicaragua/G, Í12N,90W(El Salvador) 7.5S
1917 - - - 13.80 -89.20 - - 　 many - extr El Salvador:San Salvador,Apopa,Nejapa(possibly the same quake as on 08/6?)
1917 6 8 051U 13.82 -89.31 s 6.7 　 40 100 mode El Salvador:San Salvador 254U volcano eruption
1917 6 8 130U 13.75 -89.27 - 6.4 　 many many mode El Salvador:San Salvador
1917 12 25 - 13.80 -89.20 - 6.0 　 100 - extr El Salvador:San Salvador,Apopa,Nejapa
1919 4 28 646U 13.69 -89.19 s 5.9 　 72 50 mode El Salvador:San Salvador D=100+ H=400
1932 - - - 13.30 -88.50 - - 　 - - seve El Salvador:Zacatecoluca,San Juan,Nonualco
1932 5 21 - 13.10 -87.30 90 - 　 10 many some El Salvador:Zacatocolica/Nicaragua?
1933 5 21 1010U 12.00 -87.50 90 6.9 　 - - mode El Salvador:San Salvador
1936 12 20 243U 13.71 -88.93 - 6.1 　 400 300 mode El Salvador:San Esteban,San Vicente D=10/100-200
1937 12 25 2350U 13.93 -89.78 - 5.8 　 3 - limi El Salvador:Ahuachapan,Atiquizaya,Turin,La Puerta
1947 1 26 - 13.20 -87.50 - - 　 - - mode El Salvador:La Union
1951 5 6 2308U 13.50 -88.40 - 6.0 　 400 4000 seve El Salvador:Jucuapa(I=8) D=1100 (foreshock in 2303U M5.9)
1965 5 3 1001U 13.70 -89.17 - 5.9 　 110 400 seve El Salvador:San Salvador D=120/125 H=500
1979 10 27 1435U 13.83 -90.88 58 6.7 　 7 20 mode Guatemala/El Salvador D=4 6.8W
1982 6 19 621U 13.31 -89.34 82 7.0 　 43 many cons El Salvador:San Salvador D=16/40 H=260 7.3W
1986 10 10 1749U 13.83 -89.12 7 5.4 　 1500 10000 seve El Salvador:San Salvador fault D=1000+ H=8000 5.7W
1986 10 10 1927U 13.79 -89.16 5 4.5 　 0 0 limi El Salvador:San Salvadoraftershock
1987 1 15 1643U 13.95 -89.34 10 4.0 　 0 0 insi El Salvador:San Salvadoraftershock
1990 7 13 1350U 12.93 -87.72 22 5.0 　 0 some limi Nicaragua/El Salvador
1991 6 21 627U 13.40 -89.62 77 5.3 　 1 3 insi El Salvador:San Salvador(casualties for fire) 5.8W
1993 9 12 322U 13.83 -90.43 68 5.5 　 0 0 insi Guatemala/El Salvador 6.0W
2001 1 13 1733U 13.05 -88.66 60 7.8 　 852 4723 seve El Salvador/Guatemala landslide frequently occurred( causing most deaths ) 7.7W
2001 2 13 1422U 13.67 -88.94 10 6.5 　 315 3399 seve El Salvador(aftershock) landslide frequently occurred 6.6W
2001 2 17 2025U 13.79 -89.11 10 4.1 　 1 3 limi El Salvador(aftershock)
2001 5 8 1802U 13.61 -88.80 10 5.4 　 1 - limi El Salvador(aftershock)

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