A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala on Monday. 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 36.6 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -90.5406 West, latitude 13.1808 North, depth = 36.6 km. The temblor was reported at 22:50:08 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hr6k. Unique identifier: us1000hr6k. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/18 / 2018-11-13 04:50:08 / November 13, 2018 @ 4:50 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acajutla, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala.
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