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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near La Libertad in El Salvador

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 75.02 km, -89.327° West, 13.4355° North. The temblor was picked up at 04:04:25 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75.02 km (47 miles). Event id: us7000d10y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d10y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/21 / 2021-01-18 04:04:25 / January 18, 2021 @ 4:04 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago de María, Sensuntepeque, Berlín (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 5 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.327° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.4355° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	75.02 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km S of La Libertad, 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	2021-01-18 04:04:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-18 04:23:03	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	1.117	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	188	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	us7000d10y	Id of event.
Event Code	7000d10y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000d10y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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