A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.273 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude -89.6348° West, latitude 12.9272° North, depth = 42.273 km. 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 22:14:41 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 22:14:41 / August 28, 2024 @ 10:14 pm. Event id: us6000nnd2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nnd2.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Armenia, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Santa Tecla (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Antiguo Cuscatlán (c. 33 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 70 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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