A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Intipuca in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.98 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:26:12 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000aq3i. Unique identifier: us1000aq3i. Exact location of earthquake, -88.1094° West, 12.5597° North, depth 65.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 09:26:12 / October 11, 2017 @ 9:26 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Tránsito, La Unión, Chirilagua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km S of Intipuca, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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