Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 12 km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Intipuca in El Salvador on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 19:02:22 / May 6, 2018 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:02:22 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.0986 West, latitude 13.0953 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000dzgr. Event ids that are associated: us1000dzgr.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cojutepeque, El Viejo, El Rosario. Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.0986° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.0953° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-06 19:02:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-06 19:34:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	12	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.1	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	487	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.096	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000dzgr	Id of event.
Event Code	1000dzgr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000dzgr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-88.0986° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.0953° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-05-06 19:02:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-05-06 19:34:15

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.1

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

487

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.096

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.31 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

133

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000dzgr

Id of event.

Event Code

1000dzgr

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000dzgr,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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