A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -89.29 West, latitude 13.2057 North, depth = 74.54 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.54 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:32:24 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000fvpu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fvpu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 10:32:24 / July 3, 2018 @ 10:32 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Berlín, Suchitoto, Juayúa. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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