A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Monday. The temblor was reported at 23:09:30 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003fae. Unique identifier: us20003fae. Global time and date of event 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 05:09:30 / September 1, 2015 @ 5:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.2123 West, latitude 12.6591 North, depth = 38.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.86 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Libertad. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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