A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred at 12:01:48 UTC on 26 March 2019 (06:01:48 local time), 110.2 km (68.5 mi) N of La Libertad, El Salvador; 114.4 km (71.1 mi) NE of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador and 118 km (73.3 mi) NNE of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Initial estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event (Figure 1) at 12.496°N, 89.233°W, and at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).