Internet outage history
El Salvador
Operational 14/14 hosts up since Oct 16, 2026 10:00 UTC
Every disruption Blackout Map has recorded in El Salvador since monitoring began on October 16, 2026, with reported government shutdowns and submarine cable incidents.
Overview
Last 90 days
Worst status per day, last 90 daysDaily reachability
last 30 daysOur probes · hosts reachable
last 72 hoursIODA · routes and active probing, % of normal
last 72 hoursLatency from our server (Germany)
last 72 hoursThe same measurements as the live panel, per 30 minutes. Times in UTC.
Incidents
All incidents
our probes and IODANo disruptions recorded in El Salvador since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.
Regional outages · our probes
Outages in one state or province while the rest of El Salvador stayed online, measured by our own probes. Hosts are placed by IP geolocation (DB-IP), which is sometimes off.
| Region | Started (UTC) | Duration | Worst level |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Salvador Department | Oct 18, 2026 18:35 | 25 min | Partial outage |
Attacks and context
Context only — they don't change the status above.
DDoS attacks aimed at El Salvador · 7 days
Per hour; each line is relative to its own busiest hour of the week (100%). Context only — attacks never change a country's status.
- Web attacks from
- TELECOMUNICACIONES DE GUATEMALA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA 38% · MILLICOM CABLE EL SALVADOR S.A. DE C.V. 22% · UFINET PANAMA S.A. 11%
Long-term history
Before our monitoring: IODA archive
12 incidents · 4 blackouts · 3 partial outagesOutages in El Salvador detected by IODA (Georgia Tech) between January 2022 and the start of our own monitoring: drops in the country's internet routes (BGP) or in its reachability from IODA's active probing, compared with the day before. Each is checked against IODA's signal; small dips are left out.
| Started (UTC) | Duration | Worst level | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 12:20 | 2 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 1% of normal |
| May 3, 2026 20:50 | 50 min | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 37% of normal |
| Aug 10, 2025 07:30 | 30 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 83% of normal |
| Mar 29, 2025 10:10 | 3 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 29% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2025 22:10 | 3 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 86% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2025 20:10 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 81% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2025 17:30 | 40 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 91% of normal |
| Aug 10, 2024 16:00 | 3 days | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal |
| Jul 6, 2024 11:00 | 30 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 71% of normal |
| Nov 19, 2023 12:40 | 2 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 15% of normal |
| Apr 17, 2023 01:40 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 85% of normal |
| May 19, 2022 01:00 | 50 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 78% of normal |
Government shutdowns and blocks
since 2019The Internet Society Pulse tracker has no recorded government shutdowns or blocks in El Salvador since 2019.
Provided by Internet Society.
Submarine cable incidents
No submarine cable incidents recorded for El Salvador.
Cable incidents: GeoCables (CC BY 4.0). Context only — they never change a country's status.