A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Conchagua in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 23:30:11 / August 25, 2024 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 173.499 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:30:11 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 173.499 km, -87.8678° West, 13.2562° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n9ds. Id of event: us7000n9ds.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Morazán, Jiquilisco, Berlín. Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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