A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 119 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador (74 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:59:18 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004gdr. Unique identifier: us10004gdr. Exact location, longitude -88.77° West, latitude 12.2239° North, depth = 25.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.02 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/16 / 2016-01-02 06:59:18 / January 2, 2016 @ 6:59 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 119 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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