Latest See all | Mag. 2.7 earthquake North Pacific Ocean - Escuintla, Guatemala - |
Strongest past 48 hours | Mag. 4.7 North Pacific Ocean - San Salvador, El Salvador - |
Date and Time | Mag Depth | Nearest Volcano | Location | Details | Map |
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Apr 26, 10:21 am (Guatemala) | 2.7 30 km | 93 km (58 mi) to the W | North Pacific Ocean, 26 km southwest of San Jose, Escuintla, Guatemala | Info | |
Apr 26, 05:28 am (El Salvador) | 2.9 96 km | 2 km (1.2 mi) to the S | North Pacific Ocean, 38 km south of San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador | Info | |
Apr 26, 03:21 am (GMT -6) | 2.8 19 km | 50 km (31 mi) to the SW | North Pacific Ocean, 73 km southwest of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, El Salvador I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 26, 02:37 am (GMT -6) | 4.7 10 km | 142 km (88 mi) to the S | 155 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 26, 01:43 am (GMT -6) | 3.3 24 km | 37 km (23 mi) to the S | North Pacific Ocean, 79 km south of San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 25, 11:51 pm (El Salvador) | 1.6 4 km | 8.1 km southeast of Ahuachapan, Ahuachapan, El Salvador | Info | ||
Apr 25, 11:43 pm (El Salvador) | 2.0 5 km | 7.7 km southeast of Ahuachapan, Ahuachapan, El Salvador | Info | ||
Thursday, April 25, 2024 GMT (8 quakes) | |||||
Apr 25, 04:15 pm (GMT -6) | 3.5 21 km | 92 km (57 mi) to the W | North Pacific Ocean, 36 km south of San Jose, Escuintla, Guatemala I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 25, 01:06 pm (Guatemala) | 3.5 90 km | 91 km (57 mi) to the W | 27 km southwest of Escuintla, Escuintla, Guatemala I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 25, 11:09 am (El Salvador) | 1.8 14 km | 10 Km al oeste de Santa Tecla, El Salvador | Info | ||
Apr 25, 07:11 am (GMT -6) | 3.1 38 km | 49 km (30 mi) to the SE | North Pacific Ocean, 60 km south of Puerto El Triunfo, Usulutan, El Salvador I FELT IT | Info |
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El Salvador has a high level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,600 quakes on average per year in El Salvador. El Salvador has had at least 7 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 15 to 20 years.
On average, El Salvador has about 678 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 126 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 7.6 quakes per year).
The last earthquake in El Salvador occurred 8 hours ago and had a magnitude of 2.7:
A light magnitude 2.7 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Guatemala in the morning of Friday, Apr 26, 2024 at 10.21 am local time (America/Guatemala GMT -6). The quake had a very shallow depth of 30 km (19 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
In the past 48 hours, El Salvador was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.7, 2 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 4 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 2 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.
The strongest earthquake in El Salvador in the past 48 hours had a magnitude of 4.7 and occurred 15 hours ago:
A strong magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of El Salvador in the early morning of Friday, Apr 26, 2024 at 2.37 am local time (GMT -6). The quake had a very shallow depth of 10 km (6 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
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