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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Jucuarán in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.7597S, -88.4233WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Jucuarán in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:27:05 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.126 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngbp. Id of event: us6000ngbp. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 09:27:05 / July 27, 2024 @ 9:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -88.4233 West, latitude 12.7597 North, depth = 68.126 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zacatecoluca, San Alejo, La Unión. Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 57 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.4233° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.126 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km SSW of Jucuarán, 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 2024-07-27 09:27:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 09:57:37 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 354 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ngbp Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngbp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngbp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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