A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.14 km (49 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -88.7356° West, 12.9833° North, depth 79.14 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 15:47:56 / May 13, 2018 @ 3:47 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:47:56 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000e45b. Event ids that are associated: us1000e45b.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Salvador, Soyapango, San Martín. Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop). 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 thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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