Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near La Libertad in El Salvador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Unique identifier: us10008vh0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vh0. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 15:01:55 / May 26, 2017 @ 3:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:01:55 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.54 km (37 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -89.4209° West, 12.7759° North, depth 59.54 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 11 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Santiago Nonualco (c. 9 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Panchimalco (c. 6 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Olocuilta (c. 6 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from El Rosario (c. 5 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rosario de Mora (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago Nonualco, Panchimalco, Olocuilta (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.4209° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.7759° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	79km S of La Libertad, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-26 15:01:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-26 15:20:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.924	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	192	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008vh0	Id of event.
Event Code	10008vh0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008vh0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-89.4209° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.7759° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.54 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

79km S of La Libertad, El Salvador

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-05-26 15:01:55

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-05-26 15:20:38

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.924

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.92 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

192

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008vh0

Id of event.

Event Code

10008vh0

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008vh0,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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