A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 71.19 km, -88.6629° West, 12.8856° North. Global time and date of event 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 11:19:27 / January 5, 2019 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000j0hj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0hj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.19 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:27 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Olocuilta, Apastepeque (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 45 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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