A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.64 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -88.6853° West, 12.8803° North, depth 62.64 km. The temblor was detected at 00:19:17 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 06:19:17 / October 14, 2017 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000as1i. Id of event: us1000as1i.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Alejo, Santo Tomás, Panchimalco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 46 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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