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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near La Libertad in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.2698S, -89.5388WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Exact location, longitude -89.5388° West, latitude 13.2698° North, depth = 63.31 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.31 km (39 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 10:38:11 / August 21, 2024 @ 10:38 am. The temblor was detected at 10:38:11 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n8g0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8g0.

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Apastepeque, Suchitoto, San Sebastián. Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

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 five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.5388° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2698° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SW of La Libertad, 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 2024-08-21 10:38:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 11:00:25 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 271 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.392 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 us7000n8g0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8g0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8g0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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