A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:58:44 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000g5gh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g5gh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.8978 West, latitude 12.5902 North, depth = 57.59 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 06:58:44 / July 15, 2018 @ 6:58 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.59 km (36 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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