A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.565 km (38 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtjz. Id of event: us7000mtjz. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:34:34 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 08:34:34 / June 20, 2024 @ 8:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.8149 West, latitude 13.0534 North, depth = 61.565 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutuxtepeque, Mejicanos, Tonacatepeque (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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