A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.8 km (33 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:09:45 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.2081 West, latitude 12.8446 North, depth = 53.8 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 09:09:45 / December 17, 2015 @ 9:09 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us100047vm. Unique identifier: us100047vm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acajutla (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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