El Salvador earthquakes in 1985
20 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1985. The largest: M5.8 49 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador, Oct 12, 1985.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1985 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1985
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.026 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 89 km deep
- 4.574 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.849 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 42 km deep
- 4.594 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.039 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 81 km deep
- 5.126 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador · 80 km deep
- 4.610 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.714 km W of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.821 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.567 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.644 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.789 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.652 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 49 km deep
- 5.518 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 42 km deep
- 4.581 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.562 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 67 km deep
- 4.648 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.84 km NNW of San Agustín, El Salvador · 37 km deep
- 4.824 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 74 km deep
- 5.84 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador · 77 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1985 | 0 | ||
| February 1985 | 0 | ||
| March 1985 | 2 | 5.8 | 4 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| April 1985 | 2 | 4.8 | 4 km NNW of San Agustín, El Salvador |
| May 1985 | 1 | 4.5 | 62 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| June 1985 | 9 | 5.5 | 18 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| July 1985 | 1 | 5.1 | 26 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| August 1985 | 2 | 5.0 | 39 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| September 1985 | 0 | ||
| October 1985 | 1 | 5.8 | 49 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| November 1985 | 2 | 5.0 | 26 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| December 1985 | 0 |
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.