Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 34 km depth27 Mar 21:00 UTC: First to report: INETER after 3 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeMar 27, 2026 20:57:16 UTC - Local time at epicenter2026-03-27 14:57:16Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude3.9Depth34 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude13.332°N / 90.075°WEl SalvadorAlso near: Guatemala 46 km (29 mi) awaySeismic antipode13.332°S / 89.925°EShaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceINETERNearest volcanoApaneca Range (70 km / 43 mi)Estimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy4 minutes agoMar 27, 2026 20:57 GMT / 2026-03-27 14:57:16Lat / Lng: 13.332 / -90.075: 39 km Al Suroeste De Acajutla, El SalvadorSource: INETERDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22849355',13.33200,-90.07500,'4 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, 39 km Al Suroeste De Acajutla, El Salvador',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); 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 57 km (36 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 El Salvador, San Salvador, 104 km (65 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(*)RegionCountry39 km (25 mi)NE of epicenterAcajutla(pop: 22,800)III: WeakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador53 km (33 mi)NE of epicenterGuaymango(pop: 1,520)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador57 km (36 mi)N of epicenterSan Francisco Menendez(pop: 1,260)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador57 km (36 mi)NE of epicenterSonsonate(pop: 59,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador59 km (37 mi)NE of epicenterSonzacate(pop: 15,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador63 km (39 mi)NE of epicenterIzalco(pop: 19,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador65 km (40 mi)N of epicenterConcepcion de Ataco(pop: 7,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador67 km (42 mi)NE of epicenterJuayua(pop: 9,940)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador77 km (48 mi)NE of epicenterArmenia(pop: 15,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de SonsonateEl Salvador78 km (48 mi)NE of epicenterTurin(pop: 11,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de AhuachapanEl Salvador83 km (52 mi)E of epicenterLa Libertad(pop: 16,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador84 km (52 mi)NE of epicenterChalchuapa(pop: 32,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador88 km (55 mi)NE of epicenterCiudad Arce(pop: 10,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador90 km (56 mi)E of epicenterZaragoza(pop: 11,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador90 km (56 mi)N of epicenterJalpatagua(pop: 28,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de JutiapaGuatemala90 km (56 mi)NW of epicenterGuazacapan(pop: 18,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa RosaGuatemala92 km (57 mi)NE of epicenterSanta Ana(pop: 176,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador94 km (58 mi)NE of epicenterSanta Tecla(pop: 124,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador96 km (60 mi)NE of epicenterAntiguo Cuscatlan(pop: 33,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador98 km (61 mi)NE of epicenterSan Juan Opico(pop: 7,130)II: Very weakDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador99 km (61 mi)NE of epicenterCandelaria de La Frontera(pop: 6,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador103 km (64 mi)NE of epicenterQuezaltepeque(pop: 28,900)II: Very weakQuezaltepeque, Departamento de La LibertadEl Salvador103 km (64 mi)E of epicenterSan Marcos(pop: 54,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador104 km (65 mi)NE of epicenterSan Salvador(pop: 526,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador105 km (65 mi)NE of epicenterAyutuxtepeque(pop: 25,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador105 km (65 mi)NE of epicenterMejicanos(pop: 160,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador106 km (66 mi)NE of epicenterCuscatancingo(pop: 44,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador107 km (67 mi)NE of epicenterDelgado(pop: 71,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador108 km (67 mi)N of epicenterJutiapa(pop: 145,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de JutiapaGuatemala110 km (68 mi)NE of epicenterSoyapango(pop: 329,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador110 km (69 mi)NE of epicenterApopa(pop: 112,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador112 km (70 mi)E of epicenterIlopango(pop: 38,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador118 km (73 mi)NE of epicenterAguilares(pop: 21,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San SalvadorEl Salvador130 km (81 mi)NE of epicenterMetapan(pop: 19,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de Santa AnaEl Salvador131 km (81 mi)E of epicenterCojutepeque(pop: 48,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de CuscatlanEl Salvador132 km (82 mi)E of epicenterZacatecoluca(pop: 39,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de La PazEl Salvador132 km (82 mi)NW of epicenterEscuintla(pop: 156,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de EscuintlaGuatemala135 km (84 mi)E of epicenterSan Martin(pop: 39,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de CuscatlanEl Salvador144 km (89 mi)E of epicenterSan Vicente(pop: 41,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de San VicenteEl Salvador146 km (91 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 GMT2026-03-27EpicenterAgency3.934 km21 mi20:57:1639 Km al suroeste de Acajutla, El SalvadorINETEREarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,000 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.34 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.9 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 4.1 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 75 quakes per year (or 6.3 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 409 quakes per year (or 34.1 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 904 quakes per year (or 75 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 1,000 quakes per year (or 2.7 quakes per day)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake