A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador on Monday. Event id: us20003h46. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003h46. Exact location, longitude -88.2892° West, latitude 12.4619° North, depth = 50.74 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:45:58 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.74 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 14:45:58 / September 7, 2015 @ 2:45 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chirilagua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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