Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Acajutla in El Salvador

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.66 km (28 miles). Event id: us10006udx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006udx. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 12:50:52 / October 1, 2016 @ 12:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:50:52 / 6:50 am (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 44.66 km, -89.7626° West, 13.0974° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mejicanos, Ahuachapán, Tacuba. The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Acajutla Ahuachapán El Salvador Mejicanos San Marcos San Salvador Santa Tecla Sonsonate Tacuba

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.7626° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.0974° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55km S of Acajutla, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-01 12:50:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-15 06:33:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.781	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	174	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10006udx	Id of event.
Event Code	10006udx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006udx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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