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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Chirilagua in El Salvador

Posted by admin on June 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.7903S, -88.3312WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.005 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 23:32:59 / June 18, 2024 @ 11:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -88.3312 West, latitude 12.7903 North, depth = 65.005 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mtb7. Event ids that are associated: us7000mtb7. The temblor was picked up at 23:32:59 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Guadalupe, Berlín, San Alejo.

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 five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.3312° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7903° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.005 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 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 2024-06-18 23:32:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 23:51:59 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us7000mtb7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtb7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtb7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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