El Salvador earthquakes in 1996
22 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in El Salvador in 1996. The largest: M5.7 66 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, Dec 14, 1996.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1996 was located in El Salvador. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1996
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.5147 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.561 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.680 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador · 25 km deep
- 5.698 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.879 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.881 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.766 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.694 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.6119 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.797 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.839 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.956 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador · 56 km deep
- 4.872 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador · 52 km deep
- 4.630 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 5.629 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 61 km deep
- 4.576 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador · 50 km deep
- 4.7100 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.771 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador · 33 km deep
- 4.848 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador · 67 km deep
- 4.852 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador · 77 km deep
- 4.537 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador · 86 km deep
- 4.793 km S 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 1996 | 1 | 4.7 | 93 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| February 1996 | 0 | ||
| March 1996 | 1 | 4.5 | 37 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| April 1996 | 0 | ||
| May 1996 | 1 | 4.8 | 52 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador |
| June 1996 | 3 | 4.8 | 48 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador |
| July 1996 | 2 | 5.6 | 29 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| August 1996 | 1 | 4.6 | 30 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| September 1996 | 3 | 4.9 | 56 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador |
| October 1996 | 0 | ||
| November 1996 | 2 | 4.7 | 97 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| December 1996 | 8 | 5.7 | 66 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, 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.