A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 14:12:20 / November 12, 2018 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -90.3388 West, latitude 13.09 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hqtw. Event ids that are associated: us1000hqtw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:12:20 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonsonate, San Antonio del Monte, Acajutla (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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: 78 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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