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
2019-05-30	La Libertad	6.6 M_w	VI	1			[1]
2017-04-01	La Libertad	5.1 M_w	VI	1
2014-10-14	La Unión	7.3 M_w	VI	1		Moderate damage	[2]
2001-02-13	La Paz	6.6 M_w	VIII	315		Severe damage
2001-01-13	Usulután	7.7 M_w	IX	944	Thousand	Severe damage, Major landslide
1986-10-10	San Salvador	5.7 M_w	IX	1,000–3,000	10,000–20,000	Extreme damage
1982-06-19	Usulután	7.2 M_w	VII	43		$5 million damage
1965-05-03	La Libertad	6.5 M_w	VII	125	500		[3]
1951-05-06	Usulután, La Paz	6.2 M_w		400	1,100		[3]
1936-12-19	San Vicente	6.1	VII	200			[4]
1919-04-28	San Salvador	5.9	VII	100			[4]
1917-06-07	La Libertad	6.2–6.5	VIII	1,050		Severe damage	[4]
1873-03-19	San Salvador	7.3		57			[4]
1859-08-12	La Libertad	7.3	VII			Severe damage	[4]
1831-02-07	San Salvador	7.1					[4]
1783-11-29	San Vicente	7.6					[4]
1776-05-30	San Salvador	7.5					[4]
1719-06-03	San Salvador	7.0		7			[4]
1625	San Salvador		IX			Severe damage	[4]
1594-04-21	San Salvador			13			[4]
1575-05-23	San Salvador			3			[4]
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.

"M 6.6 - 32km S of La Libertad, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
"M 7.3 - 74km S of Intipuca, El Salvador". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
"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.

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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