A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000ezw9. Event ids that are associated: us1000ezw9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 21:54:31 / June 23, 2018 @ 9:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.8181 West, latitude 12.5053 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:54:31 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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