A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Atiquizaya in El Salvador. Global time and date of event 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 14:22:35 / November 9, 2018 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -89.7269° West, latitude 13.9126° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000hq8y. Event ids that are associated: us1000hq8y. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:22:35 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Esquipulas, Nueva Ocotepeque, San Luis Jilotepeque. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSE of Atiquizaya, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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