Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Sesori in El Salvador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Sesori in El Salvador on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -88.4899° West, latitude 13.7088° North, depth = 9.98 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.98 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030ix. Id of event: us100030ix. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 07:05:58 / August 9, 2015 @ 7:05 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:05:58 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Opico, La Libertad, San Marcos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km W of Sesori, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.4899° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.7088° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km W of Sesori, 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	2015-08-09 07:05:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-09 07:56:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	312	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	0.721	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	126	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	us100030ix	Id of event.
Event Code	100030ix	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100030ix,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-88.4899° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.7088° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

9.98 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km W of Sesori, 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

2015-08-09 07:05:58

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-08-09 07:56:32

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

3.8

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

312

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

0.721

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

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

126

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

us100030ix

Id of event.

Event Code

100030ix

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

Event IDS

,us100030ix,

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

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