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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Chirilagua in El Salvador

Posted by admin on November 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6354S, -88.271WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -88.271° West, 12.6354° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/20 / 2020-11-24 18:40:14 / November 24, 2020 @ 6:40 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cs3t. Id of event: us6000cs3t. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:40:14 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Berlín, Nueva Guadalupe, Jucuapa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Berlín (c. 11 300 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.271° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SSW of Chirilagua, 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 2020-11-24 18:40:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-24 19:00:36 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 369 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 1.221 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 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 us6000cs3t Id of event.
Event Code 6000cs3t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cs3t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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