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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near San Francisco Menéndez in El Salvador

Posted by admin on July 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.4046S, -90.4146WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Francisco Menéndez in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.393 km (34 miles). Event id: us7000mzld. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzld. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:58 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 03:15:58 / July 8, 2024 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.4146 West, latitude 13.4046 North, depth = 54.393 km.

Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Izalco, Juayúa, Ahuachapán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.4146° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4046° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.393 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, 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 2024-07-08 03:15:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-16 22:43:31 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 246 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us7000mzld Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzld An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzld, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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