A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.372 km (31 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n83h. Id of event: us7000n83h. Exact location of event, depth 50.372 km, -89.6507° West, 13.1528° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 07:34:39 / August 20, 2024 @ 7:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:34:39 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guazapa, Santa Ana, Zacatecoluca.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 51 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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