A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Francisco Menendez in El Salvador. Id of earthquake: us100069vu. Event ids that are associated: us100069vu. Global time and date of event 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 14:09:37 / July 5, 2016 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -90.346 West, latitude 13.504 North, depth = 46.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.7 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:09:37 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chalchuapa, Barberena, San José Acatempa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km SW of San Francisco Menendez, El Salvador.
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