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Earthquakes in El Salvador
ShareUSGS has not recorded an earthquake in El Salvador in the last 30 days. The largest ever recorded here is M 7.7, 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador, on 1915-09-07.
Nothing recorded in the last 30 days
USGS logged 21 events here in the last year. The historical record is below.
Recent earthquakes in El Salvador
USGS has not located an earthquake in El Salvador in the last 30 days. That is normal for this area: it recorded 21 in the last year.
The largest on record in El Salvador
Since 1900, when the instrumental record becomes usable. The largest is M 7.7 at 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador on 1915-09-07: major: serious damage over large areas.
Largest since 1900 USGS
| Magnitude | Location | Date | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 7.7 | 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador | 1915-09-07 | 15.0 km deep |
| M 7.3 | 18 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 1982-06-19 | 73.0 km deep |
| M 7.1 | 12 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador | 1932-05-21 | 15.0 km deep |
| M 6.8 | 8 km NNW of Moyuta, Guatemala | 1930-07-14 | 15.0 km deep |
| M 6.7 | 8 km S of San Juan Opico, El Salvador | 1917-06-08 | 15.0 km deep |
| M 6.6 | 5 km S of Cojutepeque, El Salvador | 2001-02-13 | 10.0 km deep |
| M 6.6 | 32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador | 2019-05-30 | 57.9 km deep |
| M 6.5 | 13 km NNE of San Sebastián, El Salvador | 1997-11-09 | 176.4 km deep |
| M 6.3 | 34 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 2004-11-20 | 40.6 km deep |
| M 6.2 | Near Jucuapa, El Salvador | 1951-05-06 | 10.0 km deep |
How these numbers were counted
Counts include every earthquake of magnitude 1.0 and above that USGS located in El Salvador. The search is a latitude and longitude rectangle covering El Salvador. No region is a rectangle, so events just outside the border can appear; each row shows the location text USGS published, which names the nearest town. Full method, including why counts from different places are not comparable.
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (FDSN event service). Retrieved 2026-08-10. Public domain.