A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Quezaltepeque in El Salvador on Sunday. Event id: us20003mpq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mpq. The temblor was reported at 23:08:57 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 05:08:57 / September 21, 2015 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.39 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.3011 West, latitude 13.7863 North, depth = 1.39 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Asunción Mita, Nueva Ocotepeque (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSW of Quezaltepeque, El Salvador.
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