El Salvador earthquakes in 1976
16 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1976. The largest: M5.3 30 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, Jan 4, 1976.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1976 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1976
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.010 km NE of Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador · 79 km deep
- 4.96 km SW of Rosario de Mora, El Salvador · 85 km deep
- 4.825 km SW of Jucuarán, El Salvador · 83 km deep
- 5.040 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 81 km deep
- 4.68 km ENE of San Miguel, El Salvador · 73 km deep
- 5.259 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 82 km deep
- 5.252 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 70 km deep
- 4.874 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.663 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 65 km deep
- 4.521 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 71 km deep
- 4.623 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 94 km deep
- 4.734 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.7121 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.52 km SE of Sesori, El Salvador · 123 km deep
- 4.710 km NNW of Sesori, El Salvador · 38 km deep
- 5.330 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1976 | 3 | 5.3 | 30 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| February 1976 | 2 | 4.7 | 34 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| March 1976 | 0 | ||
| April 1976 | 0 | ||
| May 1976 | 0 | ||
| June 1976 | 3 | 4.6 | 63 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| July 1976 | 1 | 4.8 | 74 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| August 1976 | 2 | 5.2 | 59 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador |
| September 1976 | 2 | 5.0 | 40 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| October 1976 | 1 | 4.8 | 25 km SW of Jucuarán, El Salvador |
| November 1976 | 0 | ||
| December 1976 | 2 | 5.0 | 10 km NE of Santiago Nonualco, 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.