A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported offshore El Salvador kilometers (0 miles) from offshore El Salvador on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 22:57:49 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008s95. Id of event: us10008s95. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 22:57:49 / May 13, 2017 @ 10:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -90.0987° West, 12.9381° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sonsonate, San Antonio del Monte, Acajutla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: offshore El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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