A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:39:38 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i74a. Unique identifier: us2000i74a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 19:39:38 / November 5, 2018 @ 7:39 pm. Exact location, longitude -90.3506° West, latitude 13.0555° North, depth = 35 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acajutla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 82 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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