A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.59 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cg8d. Id of event: us1000cg8d. The temblor was picked up at 13:28:47 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 19:28:47 / February 5, 2018 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -89.0515° West, 13.0373° North, depth 63.59 km.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Armenia, Chinameca, Quezaltepeque. Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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