A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Exact location of earthquake, -88.8123° West, 13.0552° North, depth 62.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 01:43:28 / January 13, 2018 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:43:28 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cj6h. Unique identifier: us2000cj6h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.11 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Apopa, Sensuntepeque, Ayutuxtepeque. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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