El Salvador earthquakes in 1983
12 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1983. The largest: M5.1 107 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador, Sep 23, 1983.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1983 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1983
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.064 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador · 58 km deep
- 4.723 km SW of Jiquilisco, El Salvador · 85 km deep
- 4.6100 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.0113 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 40 km deep
- 4.630 km SE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 76 km deep
- 5.1107 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 70 km deep
- 4.8228 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.518 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador · 80 km deep
- 4.9El Salvador · 82 km deep
- 4.846 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 72 km deep
- 4.841 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador · 90 km deep
- 4.948 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 70 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1983 | 1 | 4.9 | 48 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| February 1983 | 0 | ||
| March 1983 | 1 | 4.8 | 41 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| April 1983 | 2 | 4.9 | El Salvador |
| May 1983 | 0 | ||
| June 1983 | 0 | ||
| July 1983 | 0 | ||
| August 1983 | 1 | 4.5 | 18 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| September 1983 | 2 | 5.1 | 107 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| October 1983 | 3 | 5.0 | 113 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| November 1983 | 1 | 4.7 | 23 km SW of Jiquilisco, El Salvador |
| December 1983 | 1 | 5.0 | 64 km S of Intipucá, 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.