Largest earthquakes in or near El Salvador on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, El Salvador has had 95 quakes of magnitudes up to 7.9:

12 quakes above magnitude 7
83 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7

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Latest: Mag. 6.1 Earthquake 15 km W of Taxisco, Guatemala -

Strongest: Mag. 7.9 Earthquake Chalatenango, 40 km NE of San Salvador, San Salvador, n/a -

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Largest earthquakes in or near El Salvador on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Jan 26, 11:52 pm (Guatemala)	6.1 90 km	54 km (34 mi) to the W	15 km W of Taxisco, Guatemala 263 reports	Info
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 18, 2023 06:22 pm (GMT -6)	6.5 71 km	39 km (24 mi) to the SE	43 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador 343 reports	Info
Thursday, May 30, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
May 30, 2019 03:03 am (GMT -6)	6.6 58 km	23 km (14 mi) to the SW	32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador 324 reports	Info
Thursday, June 22, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 22, 2017 06:31 am (Guatemala)	6.8 32 km	68 km (42 mi) to the W	Near Coast of Guatemala 47 reports	Info
Friday, May 12, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
May 12, 2017 04:41 am (GMT -6)	6.0 10 km	72 km (45 mi) to the SW	Off Coast of Central America 10 reports	Info
Thursday, November 24, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 24, 2016 12:43 pm (GMT -6)	6.9 10 km	145 km (90 mi) to the S	Off Coast of Central America 29 reports	Info
Friday, June 10, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 9, 2016 09:25 pm (Managua)	6.0 13 km	85 km (53 mi) to the SE	Nicaragua 45 reports	Info
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 13, 2014 09:51 pm (GMT -6)	7.2 43 km	61 km (38 mi) to the SE	North Pacific Ocean, 66 km west of Jiquilillo, Chinandega, Nicaragua 88 reports	Info
Sunday, March 2, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 2, 2014 03:37 am (GMT -6)	6.2 60 km	60 km (37 mi) to the SE	33 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua 36 reports	Info
Monday, March 25, 2013 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 25, 2013 05:02 pm (Guatemala)	6.2 201 km	85 km (53 mi) to the NW	6km NNW of San Jose Pinula, Guatemala 2 reports	Info
Monday, August 27, 2012 GMT (2 quakes)
Aug 26, 2012 10:37 pm (GMT -6)	7.3 28 km	117 km (73 mi) to the S	111km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.4 x 10¹⁷ joules (37609 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.2 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 2022.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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