A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/17 / 2017-05-12 10:51:08 / May 12, 2017 @ 10:51 am. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:51:08 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -90.0781° West, 12.9594° North. Unique identifier: us10008rtx. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008rtx.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zaragoza, Ahuachapán, Armenia (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Armenia (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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