December 3, 1934 Earthquake: San Jorge, LA Encarnacion, San Fernando, Honduras

Date

December 3, 1934

Place

San Jorge, LA Encarnacion, San Fernando, Honduras

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

15.000° N, 89.000° W

Country

Honduras

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala CityM7.5 · 23,000 deaths · $2.1 billion · 255,000 houses destroyed · 38 km
• December 26, 1917, Guatemala CityM6 · 2,650 deaths · 178 km
• October 10, 1986, San Salvador, El SalvadorM5.4 · 1,100 deaths · $1.5 billion · 131 km
• April 14, 1854, San Salvador, El Salvador1,000 deaths · 135 km
• March 4, 1873, Santa Tomas, San Vicente, El Salvador800 deaths · 152 km
• June 3, 1773, St. Jago, Guatemala600 deaths · 188 km
• February 13, 2001, San Juan Tepezontes-San Vicente-Cojutep, El SalvadorM6.6 · 315 deaths · $348.5 million · 41,302 houses destroyed · 148 km
• April 11, 1873, Salvador,san Vicente, El Salvador300 deaths · 156 km
• September 3, 1874, Antigua,chimaltenango,amatitlan, GuatemalaM7.1 · 300 deaths · 191 km
• February 26, 1902, El Salvador-GuatemalaM7 · 185 deaths · 175 km
• May 3, 1965, San Marcos, El SalvadorM6 · 125 deaths · $35 million · 170 km
• July 29, 1773, Antigua, GuatemalaM7.5 · 100 deaths · 188 km
• April 20, 1765, Chiquimula, El Salvador, Guatemala50 deaths · 146 km
• June 19, 1982, San Salvador, Guatemala, El SalvadorM7.3 · 43 deaths · $5 million · 190 km
• April 21, 1594, San Salvador, El Salvador13 deaths · 146 km

Significant earthquakes of 1934The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1934Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5741.