A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:16:08 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 05:16:08 / September 15, 2024 @ 5:16 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndxj. Unique identifier: us7000ndxj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.752 km (35 miles). Exact location of event, depth 56.752 km, -89.8242° West, 13.1845° North.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moyuta, Apopa, Ilopango (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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