Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Unique identifier: us70003xl5. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003xl5. The temblor was detected at 03:12:18 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.51 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/06/19 / 2019-06-10 09:12:18 / June 10, 2019 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -88.5726° West, 13.03° North, depth 67.51 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cuscatancingo, Tonacatepeque, Antiguo Cuscatlán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.5726° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.03° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.51 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-06-10 09:12:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-10 09:31:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	371	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.561	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70003xl5	Id of event.
Event Code	70003xl5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003xl5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-88.5726° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.03° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

67.51 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

28km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-06-10 09:12:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-06-10 09:31:58

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

371

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.561

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.56 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

124

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70003xl5

Id of event.

Event Code

70003xl5

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70003xl5,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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