Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag was detected near Acajutla in El Salvador

A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.69 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -90.3848° West, 12.9489° North, depth 24.69 km. The temblor was reported at 16:23:54 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 22:23:54 / October 28, 2018 @ 10:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000hib5. Event ids that are associated: us1000hib5.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 112 km (69 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 113 km (71 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Juayúa (c. 9 900 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahuachapán, Juayúa, Puerto San José.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 93 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.3848° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.9489° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	93km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-28 22:23:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-28 22:45:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.99	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	572	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.341	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000hib5	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hib5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hib5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-90.3848° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.9489° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

24.69 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

93km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-10-28 22:23:54

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-10-28 22:45:02

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.99

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

572

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.341

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.89 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

131

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000hib5

Id of event.

Event Code

1000hib5

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000hib5,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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