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

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador. The temblor was picked up at 02:11:25 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/20 / 2020-07-12 02:11:25 / July 12, 2020 @ 2:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 61.57 km, -89.1139° West, 12.8291° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.57 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aqe4. Id of event: us7000aqe4.

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santo Tomás (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuevo Cuscatlán, San Marcos, Usulután (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador.

El Rosario El Salvador La Libertad Nuevo Cuscatlán Puerto El Triunfo San Marcos Santo Tomas Usulután Zacatecoluca

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.1139° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.8291° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74 km S of El Rosario, 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	2020-07-12 02:11:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-18 01:13:12	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	1.578	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	181	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	us7000aqe4	Id of event.
Event Code	7000aqe4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000aqe4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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