A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us100034ze. Ids that are associated to the event: us100034ze. Exact location of earthquake, -90.243° West, 12.9995° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:23:02 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 10:23:02 / August 26, 2015 @ 10:23 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonzacate, Sonsonate, San Antonio del Monte (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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