A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Exact location of event, depth 65.01 km, -89.7135° West, 13.4555° North. Id of earthquake: us2000jl1r. Event ids that are associated: us2000jl1r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.01 km (40 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:52:03 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/19 / 2019-02-21 08:52:03 / February 21, 2019 @ 8:52 am.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zacatecoluca, Suchitoto, Cojutepeque (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SE of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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