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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Intipucá in El Salvador

Posted by admin on June 10, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6276S, -88.0808WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Intipucá in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.18 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 69.18 km, -88.0808° West, 12.6276° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:50:27 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 18:50:27 / May 12, 2020 @ 6:50 pm. Id of earthquake: us70009kvc. Event ids that are associated: us70009kvc.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Elena, San Alejo, Usulután (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 63 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.0808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6276° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km S of Intipucá, 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 2020-05-12 18:50:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 19:00:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 1.22 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us70009kvc Id of event.
Event Code 70009kvc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009kvc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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