Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Honduras, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
159
M5+
Strongest
M7.7
M7+ events
9
Tsunami events
3
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915-09-07 | 7.7 | 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-01-13 | 7.7 | 28 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 60 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-02-04 | 7.5 | 7 km N of Los Amates, Guatemala | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-05-28 | 7.3 | 46 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-10-14 | 7.3 | 74 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador🌊 | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-06-19 | 7.3 | 18 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 73 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-03-28 | 7.2 | 7 km SW of El Viejo, Nicaragua | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-05-21 | 7.1 | 12 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-11-09 | 7.0 | Near the coast of El Salvador | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-11-05 | 7.0 | 15 km NNE of Telica, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-06-08 | 6.7 | 8 km S of San Juan Opico, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-06-12 | 6.7 | 11 km S of Los Amates, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-07-11 | 6.7 | 16 km N of Potrerillos, Honduras | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-02-13 | 6.6 | 5 km S of Cojutepeque, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-05-30 | 6.6 | 32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador🌊 | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-07-19 | 6.5 | 43 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador | 71 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-11-09 | 6.5 | 13 km NNE of San Sebastián, El Salvador | 176 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-11-17 | 6.5 | 4 km S of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua | 76 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-08-09 | 6.4 | 19 km NNE of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-09-26 | 6.3 | 53 km W of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-12-03 | 6.3 | 5 km W of San Agustín, Honduras | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-10-05 | 6.3 | 24 km SSE of Intipucá, El Salvador | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-09-01 | 6.3 | 102 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-04-04 | 6.2 | 24 km N of Telica, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-01-05 | 6.2 | 56 km SSE of La Libertad, El Salvador | 46 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-07-21 | 6.2 | 6 km E of Jalapa, Guatemala | 272 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-01-25 | 6.2 | 42 km WNW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-05-06 | 6.2 | Near Jucuapa, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-03-02 | 6.2 | 33 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 60 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-04-28 | 6.2 | 8 km WNW of Jujutla, El Salvador | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-02-15 | 6.2 | 103 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-12-20 | 6.2 | 1 km WNW of Berlín, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-05-23 | 6.2 | 6 km SW of El Viejo, Nicaragua | 102 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-10-02 | 6.1 | 4 km WSW of La Alianza, Honduras | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-03-31 | 6.1 | 19 km S of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-12-18 | 6.1 | 11 km WSW of Sensuntepeque, El Salvador | 182 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-02-28 | 6.1 | 24 km S of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-04-16 | 6.1 | 59 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras🌊 | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-06-10 | 6.1 | Nicaragua | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-09-12 | 6.1 | north of Honduras | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-08-10 | 6.0 | 5 km W of Joconal, Honduras | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-05-03 | 6.0 | 3 km SE of San Marcos, El Salvador | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-04-03 | 6.0 | 13 km S of Amapala, Honduras | 38 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-05-23 | 6.0 | 22 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 75 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-12-13 | 6.0 | 12 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 62 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-12-23 | 6.0 | 63 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-01-12 | 6.0 | 16 km SSE of Amapala, Honduras | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-07-29 | 6.0 | 4 km NNE of Quezalguaque, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-08-16 | 6.0 | 73 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-11-28 | 5.9 | 14 km W of Buenos Aires, Honduras | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-06-13 | 5.9 | 0 km WNW of La Flecha, Honduras | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-05-22 | 5.9 | 5 km SSW of Atiquizaya, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-08-20 | 5.9 | 41 km N of Sandy Bay, Honduras | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-12-06 | 5.9 | 50 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-06-12 | 5.9 | 14 km ESE of Amapala, Honduras | 218 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-07-31 | 5.9 | 38 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-04-02 | 5.9 | 24 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-09-23 | 5.9 | 39 km N of Tela, Honduras | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-11-26 | 5.9 | 12 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 57 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-08-02 | 5.8 | 27 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-01-09 | 5.8 | 10 km E of Acajutla, El Salvador | 95 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-06-21 | 5.8 | 31 km SE of Acajutla, El Salvador | 77 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-09-13 | 5.8 | 6 km E of Quesada, Guatemala | 123 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-03-10 | 5.8 | 4 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador | 77 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-11-15 | 5.8 | 33 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 48 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-07-27 | 5.8 | 65 km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-06-27 | 5.8 | 31 km SW of Jucuarán, El Salvador | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-02-10 | 5.7 | 11 km ESE of Estelí, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-11-04 | 5.7 | El Salvador | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-10-10 | 5.7 | 5 km N of Tonacatepeque, El Salvador | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-06-27 | 5.7 | 5 km E of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador | 133 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-12-20 | 5.7 | 33 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 72 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-12-14 | 5.7 | 66 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-07-18 | 5.7 | 16 km SSE of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-05-08 | 5.7 | 3 km S of San Vicente, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-08-10 | 5.7 | 45 km N of Savannah Bight, Honduras | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-03-04 | 5.7 | 98 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-07-08 | 5.7 | 27 km SE of La Libertad, El Salvador | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-05-14 | 5.7 | 24 km NNE of French Harbor, Honduras | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-11-19 | 5.7 | 29 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | 63 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-03-14 | 5.7 | 28 km WNW of Larreynaga, Nicaragua | 180 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-08-08 | 5.6 | 50 km W of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 75 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-11-08 | 5.6 | 45 km N of Savannah Bight, Honduras | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-12-09 | 5.6 | 2 km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-02-08 | 5.6 | 17 km N of Correderos, Honduras | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-12-17 | 5.6 | 56 km N of Savannah Bight, Honduras | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-08-24 | 5.6 | 23 km SSE of Izalco, El Salvador | 139 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-06-06 | 5.6 | 46 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador | 85 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-03-09 | 5.6 | 4 km W of Santa Cruz, Honduras | 226 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-01-06 | 5.6 | 33 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 59 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-08-31 | 5.6 | 13 km NE of Puerto Morazán, Nicaragua | 42 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-07-18 | 5.6 | 1 km WNW of El Viejo, Nicaragua | 86 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-11-27 | 5.6 | 45 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador | 52 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-09-01 | 5.6 | 39 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-12-27 | 5.5 | 40 km WSW of Jiquilisco, El Salvador | 71 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-08-13 | 5.5 | 48 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador | 73 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-02-08 | 5.5 | north of Honduras | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-02-19 | 5.5 | 3 km NW of Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador | 179 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-06-08 | 5.5 | 37 km N of Guanaja, Honduras | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-09-29 | 5.5 | 7 km ENE of Sinuapa, Honduras | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |