Tsunamis of El Salvador

8 events with their source in El Salvador

Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off El Salvador, oldest to newest.

El Salvador’s tsunamis on the map

At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.

Under 1 m
1 to 3 m
3 to 10 m
10 to 30 m
30 m and more
Height not recorded

The record

Events: 8
Probable or definite: 6
Deaths counted: 1,037

The deadliest

January 13, 2001, El Salvador0.25 m · M7.7 · 844 deaths · $753 million · 108,226 houses destroyed · 1 runup
February 26, 1902, El Salvador-Guatemala2 m · M7 · 185 deaths · 4 runups
September 7, 1915, El SalvadorM7.7 · 7 deaths · 1 runup
October 14, 2014, Gulf of Fonseca, El Salvador0.02 m · M7.3 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · 2 runups

Every event

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Sources

Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.