A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -88.5557° West, 12.8481° North, depth 61.51 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:01:11 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005imp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005imp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 22:01:11 / May 18, 2016 @ 10:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.51 km (38 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Vicente, San Alejo, El Rosario. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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