A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 95 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador (59 miles). 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: us10008wfh. Id of event: us10008wfh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 04:46:31 / May 13, 2017 @ 4:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -90.1524° West, 12.793° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:46:31 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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