Tuesday, December 17, 1996 Earthquake
The earthquake hit El Salvador the Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at 20:20 with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is San Miguel (El Salvador - SV). The epicenter is located at longitude -88.923 and latitude 12.473. 137.58 km from Ovalle.
| Magnitude | 5.6 |
| Alert | |
| Depth ? | 33 |
| Nst ? | |
| Dmin ? | |
| Dmin ? |
| Location | San Miguel |
| San Miguel | |
| El Salvador (sv)) |
Earthquake Map 12/17/1996 8:20:33 PM
Closest cities
Closest cities near the epicenter
| Puerto El Triunfo | 49.43 km |
| Usulutan | 58.31 km |
| San Rafael Oriente | 64.52 km |
| Santiago de Maria | 72.69 km |
| San Miguel | 81.76 km |
| Zacatecoluca | 82.24 km |
| La Union | 93.87 km |
| San Vicente | 94.06 km |
| Cojutepeque | 107.04 km |
| La Libertad | 111.00 km |
Biggest cities
Closest cities with Population over 100,000
| San Miguel | 81.76 km |
| Soyapango | 117.03 km |
| San Salvador | 120.61 km |
| Santa Tecla | 124.05 km |
| Mejicanos | 124.08 km |
| Apopa | 128.08 km |
| Chinandega | 154.90 km |
| Santa Ana | 168.73 km |
| León | 186.27 km |
| Tegucigalpa | 199.24 km |
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