A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador (89 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.43 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zg3. Unique identifier: us20007zg3. Exact location, longitude -88.7728° West, latitude 11.9966° North, depth = 40.43 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 10:06:10 / December 9, 2016 @ 10:06 am. The temblor was reported at 04:06:10 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 144 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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