SummaryMapsTestimonies Medias Scientific data
Magnitude4.0
RegionEL SALVADOR
Date time2026-01-16 06:45:20.0 UTC
Location14.069 ; -88.875
Depth24 km
Distance44 km NE of Apopa, El Salvador / pop: 112,000 / local time: 00:45:20.0 2026-01-16
7 km NE of Chalatenango, El Salvador / pop: 19,300 / local time: 00:45:20.0 2026-01-16
Source parameters provided by:

Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
All data providers for this event:
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
Further information can be found at:
Servicio Sismologico Nacional, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM -- Mexico City, Mexico (UNM)
Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET El Salvador) -- San Salvador, El Salvador (MARN)
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)