A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 155 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador (96 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25.86 km, -89.9559° West, 12.1954° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.86 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000818w. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000818w. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 12:08:02 / December 11, 2016 @ 12:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:02 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 155 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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