# Earthquakes Hit Region

- Place: San Miguel, El Salvador (13.4833, -88.1833)
- Published: 2026-11-08T04:42:51.632Z · expires 2026-11-15T04:42:51.632Z
- Floors (The Arena): none
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/96j
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

Three small earthquakes struck near San Miguel on Saturday, including a magnitude 3.1 event reported by VolcanoDiscovery.

The quakes occurred in the North Pacific Ocean, with the strongest centered 103 km south of Leon, Nicaragua, at 1:55 pm local time, per VolcanoDiscovery.

Residents were unaffected, though the USGS notes all events are within a seismically active zone. No casualties or damage reported.

## Sources

- [Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 80 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026, at 06:51 pm (GMT -6)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23616039/mag3quake-Nov-8-2026-Near-Coast-OF-Nicaragua.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-08
- [Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 94 km southwest of Usulutan, El Salvador, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026, at 12:58 pm (GMT -6)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23615294/mag3quake-Nov-7-2026-El-Salvador-Off-Coast-of-Central-America.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-07
- [Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 103 km south of Leon, Departamento de Leon, Nicaragua, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026, at 01:55 pm (GMT -6)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23615418/mag4quake-Nov-7-2026-A-111-km-Al-Suroeste-De-Masachapa-Nicaragua.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-07
- [Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 89 km south of Usulutan, El Salvador, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026, at 10:20 am (GMT -6)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23614994/mag3quake-Nov-7-2026-El-Salvador-Off-Coast-of-Central-America.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-07
- [Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 135 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026, at 05:25 am (GMT -6)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23614372/mag3quake-Nov-7-2026-A-107-km-Al-Suroeste-De-Punta-Cosigueina-Nicaragua.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-07

## Open data shown on the globe

- M4.5 earthquake · USGS · plate boundaries: Bird 2003: 34 km deep · 5 h ago · 4 quakes nearby this week · check: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=6.5,-97.2&extent=20.5,-79.2&range=week