A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us1000bmbc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bmbc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 09:47:47 / December 5, 2017 @ 9:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:47:47 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -89.4136° West, 13.4703° North, depth 75.37 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75.37 km (47 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jiquilisco, Atescatempa, Chalatenango (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 10 km WSW of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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