A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.27 km (14 miles). Event id: us20003gv9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gv9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.4553 West, latitude 13.4594 North, depth = 23.27 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 02:02:25 / September 6, 2015 @ 2:02 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:02:25 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masagua, Cuilapa, Oratorio. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cuilapa (c. 16 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 59 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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