A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -90.1291° West, latitude 12.9229° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 20:04:07 / May 27, 2017 @ 8:04 pm. 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: us10008vtm. Id of event: us10008vtm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:04:07 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acajutla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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