El Salvador earthquakes in 1992
21 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1992. The largest: M6.0 22 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador, May 23, 1992.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1992 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1992
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.54 km SSW of Jiquilisco, El Salvador · 103 km deep
- 4.7102 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.678 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 31 km deep
- 4.5106 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.631 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 10 km deep
- 4.547 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.569 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.5102 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.165 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador · 24 km deep
- 4.791 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador · 93 km deep
- 5.646 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador · 85 km deep
- 4.796 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador · 83 km deep
- 4.7157 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.8off the coast of Central America · 78 km deep
- 6.022 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 75 km deep
- 4.649 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 66 km deep
- 4.571 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 43 km deep
- 4.661 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 57 km deep
- 4.557 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.618 km SE of La Libertad, El Salvador · 79 km deep
- 4.587 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 1992 | 0 | ||
| February 1992 | 4 | 4.6 | 61 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| March 1992 | 2 | 4.6 | 49 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| April 1992 | 0 | ||
| May 1992 | 4 | 6.0 | 22 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| June 1992 | 1 | 5.6 | 46 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador |
| July 1992 | 1 | 4.7 | 91 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| August 1992 | 1 | 5.1 | 65 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| September 1992 | 3 | 4.5 | 47 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| October 1992 | 0 | ||
| November 1992 | 4 | 4.7 | 102 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador |
| December 1992 | 1 | 4.5 | 4 km SSW of Jiquilisco, 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.