- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 28, 1919 CE
- Location:
- El Salvador, San Salvador
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Ms
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.19
Other earthquake records of 1919 CE
- Philippines, Nw Panay, Sw Tablas, Carabao I
- Tonga Islands · Mw 8.1
- Japan, Off East Coast Honshu · M 7.6
- Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands · Mw 8.2
- Italy, N · Ms 6.2
- Fiji Islands · Mw 7.8
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Dziennik Białostocki R.1April 27, 1919open in archive ↗
- Konzert der Lagerkapelle am SonntagApril 27, 1919open in archive ↗
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1919 CE Earthquake — El Salvador, San Salvador happen?
- April 28, 1919 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.