Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 31 km depth4 Apr 03:35 UTC: First to report: INETER after 3 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeApr 4, 2026 03:32:33 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:32 pm (GMT -6)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude4.2Depth31 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude13.247°N / 90.275°WEl SalvadorAlso near: Guatemala 59 km (37 mi) awaySeismic antipode13.247°S / 89.725°EShaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceINETERNearest volcanoApaneca Range (89 km / 55 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeClear Sky 28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 72%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from WNWEstimated seismic energy released1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.2 | about seismic energy4 minutes agoApr 4, 2026 03:32 GMT / Apr 3, 2026 09:32 pm (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 13.247 / -90.275: 61 km Al Suroeste De Acajutla, El SalvadorSource: INETERDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22873413',13.24700,-90.27500,'4 minutes ago: Mag. 4.2, 61 km Al Suroeste De Acajutla, El Salvador',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in El SalvadorNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Sonsonate, a town with 59,000 inhabitants in El Salvador, in 79 km (49 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City, 157 km (98 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake was probably felt as very weak shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry62 km (38 mi)NE of epicenterAcajutla(pop: 22,800)III: WeakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador72 km (45 mi)N of epicenterSan Francisco Menendez(pop: 1,260)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador75 km (47 mi)NE of epicenterJujutla(pop: 2,020)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador79 km (49 mi)NE of epicenterSonsonate(pop: 59,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador81 km (50 mi)NE of epicenterSonzacate(pop: 15,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador85 km (53 mi)NE of epicenterIzalco(pop: 19,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador87 km (54 mi)NE of epicenterJuayua(pop: 9,940)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador89 km (55 mi)NE of epicenterAhuachapan(pop: 34,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador93 km (58 mi)N of epicenterGuazacapan(pop: 18,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa RosaGuatemala94 km (58 mi)N of epicenterChiquimulilla(pop: 12,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa RosaGuatemala95 km (59 mi)NW of epicenterPuerto San Jose(pop: 18,700)II: Very weakMunicipio de San Jose, Departamento de EscuintlaGuatemala97 km (60 mi)NE of epicenterTurin(pop: 11,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador104 km (65 mi)NE of epicenterChalchuapa(pop: 32,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador107 km (66 mi)E of epicenterLa Libertad(pop: 16,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador113 km (70 mi)NE of epicenterSanta Ana(pop: 176,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador117 km (73 mi)NE of epicenterSanta Tecla(pop: 124,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador120 km (75 mi)NE of epicenterAntiguo Cuscatlan(pop: 33,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador123 km (76 mi)N of epicenterJutiapa(pop: 145,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de JutiapaGuatemala126 km (79 mi)NE of epicenterQuezaltepeque(pop: 28,900)II: Very weakQuezaltepeque, Departamento de La LibertadEl Salvador127 km (79 mi)E of epicenterSan Marcos(pop: 54,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador128 km (79 mi)NE of epicenterSan Salvador(pop: 526,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador128 km (80 mi)NE of epicenterAyutuxtepeque(pop: 25,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador129 km (80 mi)NE of epicenterMejicanos(pop: 160,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador130 km (81 mi)NW of epicenterEscuintla(pop: 156,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de EscuintlaGuatemala130 km (81 mi)NE of epicenterCuscatancingo(pop: 44,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador131 km (81 mi)NE of epicenterDelgado(pop: 71,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador133 km (83 mi)NE of epicenterSoyapango(pop: 329,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador134 km (83 mi)NE of epicenterApopa(pop: 112,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador136 km (84 mi)E of epicenterIlopango(pop: 38,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador140 km (87 mi)N of epicenterVilla Canales(pop: 155,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de GuatemalaGuatemala141 km (88 mi)NE of epicenterAguilares(pop: 21,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador143 km (89 mi)N of epicenterPetapa(pop: 135,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de GuatemalaGuatemala146 km (90 mi)NW of epicenterSanta Lucia Cotzumalguapa(pop: 112,800)II: Very weakMunicipio de Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Departamento de EscuintlaGuatemala146 km (91 mi)N of epicenterVilla Nueva(pop: 618,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de GuatemalaGuatemala150 km (93 mi)NE of epicenterMetapan(pop: 19,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador154 km (96 mi)E of epicenterCojutepeque(pop: 48,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de CuscatlanEl Salvador155 km (96 mi)E of epicenterZacatecoluca(pop: 39,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de La PazEl Salvador157 km (98 mi)N of epicenterGuatemala City(pop: 994,900)II: Very weakMunicipio de Guatemala, Departamento de GuatemalaGuatemala159 km (98 mi)NE of epicenterSan Martin(pop: 39,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de CuscatlanEl Salvador169 km (105 mi)NE of epicenterChalatenango(pop: 19,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChalatenangoEl SalvadorNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-04-4EpicenterAgency4.231 km19 mi03:32:3361 Km al suroeste de Acajutla, El SalvadorINETERAftershocks for this quakeNo aftershocks have been recorded so far. When aftershocks are detected, we will update this section.What are aftershocks?Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 5 or so) such as this one are usually followed by smaller ones known as aftershocks that occur in the same area during the days, weeks, months or even years after the main shock.[More info]What about this quake?Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake likely ruptured beneath a surface area of approximately 2 km2 (1 square miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 2 km (1 mi).[More info]Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake)Apr 3, 2026 09:32 pm (GMT -6)4 minutes ago4.231 km0 km - This quakeNorth Pacific Ocean, 79 km SW of Sonsonate, El SalvadorMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 762 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.31 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 3.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 72 quakes per year (or 6 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 376 quakes per year (or 31.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 708 quakes per year (or 59 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 757 quakes per year (or 63 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake