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

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/02/21 / 2021-02-01 17:29:16 / February 1, 2021 @ 5:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.37 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -88.3242 West, latitude 12.7679 North, depth = 52.37 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:29:16 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000ddqe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ddqe.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Guadalupe, Berlín, Jucuapa (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 53 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.3242° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.7679° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	53 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	2021-02-01 17:29:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-01 17:43:14	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	1.273	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	139	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	us6000ddqe	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ddqe	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ddqe,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-88.3242° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.7679° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

52.37 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

53 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

2021-02-01 17:29:16

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-01 17:43:14

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

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

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

1.273

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.62 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

139

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000ddqe

Id of event.

Event Code

6000ddqe

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000ddqe,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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