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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 75 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador

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Earthquake location 12.6204S, -88.7242WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 61.76 km, -88.7242° West, 12.6204° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/20 / 2020-09-05 03:09:38 / September 5, 2020 @ 3:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 61.76 km (38 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:09:38 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000bi9c. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bi9c.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Elena, El Tránsito, Usulután (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 5 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 75 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.7242° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6204° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km SSW 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 2020-09-05 03:09:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-05 03:30:33 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 259 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 1.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us7000bi9c Id of event.
Event Code 7000bi9c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bi9c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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