A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfzn. Unique identifier: us1000cfzn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.82 km (37 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 10:10:08 / February 5, 2018 @ 10:10 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:10:08 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 58.82 km, -89.1634° West, 13.1817° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinameca, Jucuapa, Coatepeque (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 37 km SSW of El Rosario, El Salvador.
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