A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The temblor was detected at 06:43:22 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n9g8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n9g8. Exact location of earthquake, -89.6205° West, 13.3834° North, depth 59.631 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 06:43:22 / August 26, 2024 @ 6:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.631 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close 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 Nueva Concepción, Atescatempa, Suchitoto. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 32 km SE of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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