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

A 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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El Salvador Jucuaran La Unión Puerto El Triunfo San Alejo San Miguel San Rafael Oriente Santiago de María Usulután Zacatecoluca

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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.

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

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

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

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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