A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Concepción Batres in El Salvador. Global time and date of event 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 07:31:00 / June 4, 2020 @ 7:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -88.4067° West, latitude 13.1895° North, depth = 104.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.01 km (65 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000a5q9. Event ids that are associated: us6000a5q9. The temblor was picked up at 07:31:00 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Martín (c. 39 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Tomás, Olocuilta, San Martín (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 18 km SSW of Concepción Batres, El Salvador.
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