A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 97 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador (60 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 00:42:36 / September 23, 2015 @ 12:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.92 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.2163 West, latitude 12.6119 North, depth = 48.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:42:36 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003n5u. Unique identifier: us20003n5u.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 97 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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