A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002wyf. Unique identifier: us10002wyf. The temblor was picked up at 08:06:11 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 14:06:11 / July 9, 2015 @ 2:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -90.3175 West, latitude 13.1996 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concepción de Ataco, Nahuizalco, Tacuba (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Concepción de Ataco (c. 7 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nahuizalco (c. 7 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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