El Salvador earthquakes in 1982
23 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1982. The largest: M7.3 18 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador, Jun 19, 1982.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1982 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1982
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.640 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 77 km deep
- 4.657 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 76 km deep
- 4.714 km WSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 72 km deep
- 5.10 km NW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 72 km deep
- 4.511 km ENE of Metapán, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.115 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador · 67 km deep
- 4.844 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador · 67 km deep
- 5.047 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 64 km deep
- 4.572 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.78 km NE of Victoria, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.124 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 92 km deep
- 4.947 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 61 km deep
- 7.318 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 73 km deep
- 4.592 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.5167 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.920 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador · 75 km deep
- 5.071 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 51 km deep
- 4.576 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.944 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador · 65 km deep
- 5.227 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador · 76 km deep
- 4.857 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.6126 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.719 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 88 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1982 | 1 | 4.7 | 19 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| February 1982 | 2 | 4.8 | 57 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| March 1982 | 4 | 5.2 | 27 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| April 1982 | 0 | ||
| May 1982 | 3 | 4.9 | 20 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador |
| June 1982 | 5 | 7.3 | 18 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| July 1982 | 3 | 5.1 | 15 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| August 1982 | 0 | ||
| September 1982 | 0 | ||
| October 1982 | 4 | 5.1 | 0 km NW of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| November 1982 | 0 | ||
| December 1982 | 1 | 4.6 | 40 km SW of La Libertad, 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.