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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Intipucá in El Salvador

Posted by admin on August 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6645S, -88.1243WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Intipucá in El Salvador on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.67 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 19:32:39 / August 17, 2020 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:32:39 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000bg5k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bg5k. Exact location of event, depth 66.67 km, -88.1243° West, 12.6645° North.

Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Jucuapa (c. 10 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monjarás, Nueva Guadalupe, Jucuapa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.1243° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2020-08-17 19:32:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 20:23:54 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 354 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 1.077 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 133 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 us6000bg5k Id of event.
Event Code 6000bg5k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bg5k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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