El Salvador earthquakes in 1974
10 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1974. The largest: M5.3 13 km SE of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, Dec 17, 1974.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1974 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1974
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.313 km SE of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 50 km deep
- 4.5162 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 29 km deep
- 4.799 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.07 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 85 km deep
- 4.922 km SSW of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador · 111 km deep
- 5.2115 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 67 km deep
- 4.766 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 23 km deep
- 4.640 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 91 km deep
- 4.952 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 85 km deep
- 4.65 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador · 103 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1974 | 1 | 4.6 | 5 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador |
| February 1974 | 0 | ||
| March 1974 | 1 | 4.9 | 52 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| April 1974 | 2 | 4.7 | 66 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| May 1974 | 0 | ||
| June 1974 | 0 | ||
| July 1974 | 0 | ||
| August 1974 | 1 | 5.2 | 115 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| September 1974 | 2 | 5.0 | 7 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| October 1974 | 0 | ||
| November 1974 | 2 | 4.7 | 99 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| December 1974 | 1 | 5.3 | 13 km SE of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.