A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 11:13:18 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h4pt. Id of event: us1000h4pt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 17:13:18 / September 30, 2018 @ 5:13 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.3727 West, latitude 13.0845 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acajutla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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