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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Acajutla in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.4706S, -90.2233WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 19:06:17 / August 10, 2024 @ 7:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:06:17 / 7:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.449 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -90.2233° West, latitude 13.4706° North, depth = 67.449 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nje1. Id of event: us6000nje1.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Arce, Coatepeque, El Congo.

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 44 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.2233° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.449 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km WSW 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 2024-08-10 19:06:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 21:15:07 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 284 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.775 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000nje1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nje1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nje1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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