Just 13 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near San Salvador, Departamento de San Salvador, El Salvador. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Thursday, March 26th, 2026, at 4:11 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9 as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in La Libertad (pop. 16,900) located 34 km from the epicenter, Antiguo Cuscatlan (pop. 33,800) 54 km away, San Marcos (pop. 54,600) 58 km away, San Salvador (pop. 526,000) 60 km away, Mejicanos (pop. 160,300) 64 km away, Delgado (pop. 71,600) 64 km away, Soyapango (pop. 329,700) 65 km away, Apopa (pop. 112,200) 72 km away, Zacatecoluca (pop. 39,600) 74 km away, and Santa Ana (pop. 176,700) 83 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Mar 26, 2026 04:11 pm (GMT -6) local time (26 Mar 2026 22:11 GMT)Magnitude: 4.9Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 13.24°N / 89.5°W (Departamento de La Paz, El Salvador)Primary data source: GFZ