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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near La Libertad in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.0244S, -89.5857WA 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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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. 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: 58 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.5857° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0244° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.008 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km SSW 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 2024-08-30 10:08:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 14:44:10 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 259 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.64 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us6000nnn5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnn5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnn5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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