A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 156 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador (97 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 03:35:03 / November 2, 2015 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20004198. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004198. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:35:03 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 31.15 km, -88.8923° West, 11.909° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.15 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 156 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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