A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Intipuca in El Salvador. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000dzgj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dzgj. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -88.033° West, 13.2889° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:58:16 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 18:58:16 / May 6, 2018 @ 6:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Marcala, Zacatecoluca, Apastepeque (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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