A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. The temblor was picked up at 06:09:07 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.9048 West, latitude 12.6015 North, depth = 51.24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007bdw. Unique identifier: us10007bdw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.24 km (32 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 12:09:07 / November 21, 2016 @ 12:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply