A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 05:43:32 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 11:43:32 / February 16, 2018 @ 11:43 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.85 km (18 miles). Unique identifier: us2000d364. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d364. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 28.85 km, -90.2614° West, 13.001° North.
Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sonzacate, Sonsonate, San Antonio del Monte (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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