Risk events in El Salvador, January 2026

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

1 events were recorded: 1 earthquake.

1 eventSources: usgs

1 event· El Salvador

Earthquake

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 1 events plottedM4.5 — 5 km SW of Chapeltique, El Salvador · El Salvador · 27 Jan 2026
Earthquake
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1 in the list
Disaster
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Conflict
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0 in the list
Unrest
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0 in the list
Advisory
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Signal

How the picture is moving

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
1
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 53.7
0
Unrest
90-day baseline: 10.7
0
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
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Events

What is happening now

1 event · newest first

  1. Earthquake

    M4.5 — 5 km SW of Chapeltique, El Salvador

    M4.5 · San Miguel · Source: usgs

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.