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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Acajutla in El Salvador

Posted by admin on August 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.4704S, -89.7276WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -89.7276° West, latitude 13.4704° North, depth = 76.037 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:18:40 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nib4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nib4. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 07:18:40 / August 6, 2024 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.037 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Progreso, Chiquimulilla, San José Acatempa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 17 km SE of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.7276° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4704° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.037 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SE of Acajutla, 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 2024-08-06 07:18:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-06 08:34:34 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 340 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us6000nib4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nib4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nib4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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