A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador (62 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 03:07:35 / February 24, 2019 @ 3:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -89.1871 West, latitude 12.5984 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:07:35 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jm9u. Id of event: us2000jm9u.
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 99 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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