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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Acajutla in El Salvador

Posted by admin on September 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.2732S, -89.7691WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.284 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 04:58:36 / September 15, 2024 @ 4:58 am. The temblor was detected at 04:58:36 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -89.7691° West, latitude 13.2732° North, depth = 57.284 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndx1. Id of event: us7000ndx1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cojutepeque, Zacatecoluca, Atescatempa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.7691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2732° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.284 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 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 2024-09-15 04:58:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 05:16:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 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 420 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.49 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000ndx1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndx1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndx1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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