Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 59 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002w9y. Id of event: us20002w9y. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.55 km (35 miles). Exact location, longitude -90.2647° West, latitude 13.2608° North, depth = 55.55 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 13:25:54 / July 9, 2015 @ 1:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:25:54 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Libertad, Chalchuapa, Jalpatagua. Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.2647° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.2608° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-09 13:25:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-09 13:38:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	401	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.013	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20002w9y	Id of event.
Event Code	20002w9y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002w9y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-90.2647° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.2608° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

55.55 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

59km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-07-09 13:25:54

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-07-09 13:38:30

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

401

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.013

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.14 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

177

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20002w9y

Id of event.

Event Code

20002w9y

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20002w9y,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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