A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:52:19 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.107 km (42 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nntl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nntl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.3146 West, latitude 12.6989 North, depth = 68.107 km. Global time and date of event 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 03:52:19 / August 31, 2024 @ 3:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jucuapa, San Alejo, Chinameca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 60 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador.
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