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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Acajutla in El Salvador

Posted by admin on September 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1479S, -89.893WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -89.893° West, latitude 13.1479° North, depth = 47.612 km. The temblor was reported at 21:21:11 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ndnm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndnm. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 21:21:11 / September 13, 2024 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.612 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soyapango, Quezaltepeque, El Rosario (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 49 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.893° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1479° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.612 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km S of Acajutla, 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 2024-09-13 21:21:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-13 21:46:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 370 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 177 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.663 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ndnm Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndnm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndnm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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