A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Exact location, longitude -89.5857° West, latitude 13.0244° North, depth = 38.008 km. The temblor was reported at 10:08:05 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.008 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 10:08:05 / August 30, 2024 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000nnn5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnn5.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilopango, Cuscatancingo, Soyapango (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Every 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 six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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