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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Chirilagua in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.6989S, -88.3146WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.3146° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6989° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.107 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km SSW of Chirilagua, 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 2024-08-31 03:52:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 04:29:27 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us6000nntl Id of event.
Event Code 6000nntl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nntl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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