Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.51 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000bupw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bupw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 66.51 km, -88.7773° West, 13.0411° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 02:56:59 / November 27, 2017 @ 2:56 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:56:59 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sensuntepeque, Ayutuxtepeque, Mejicanos (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.7773° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.0411° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.51 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, 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	2017-11-27 02:56:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-27 04:29:19	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	271	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	0.779	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	181	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	us2000bupw	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bupw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bupw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-88.7773° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.0411° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

66.51 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

36km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, 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

2017-11-27 02:56:59

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-27 04:29:19

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

271

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

0.779

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

Root Mean Square

1.44 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

181

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

us2000bupw

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bupw

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

Event IDS

,us2000bupw,

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

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