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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Jucuarán in El Salvador

Posted by admin on September 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6564S, -88.3916WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Jucuarán in El Salvador on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -88.3916° West, latitude 12.6564° North, depth = 60.061 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.061 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:55:29 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ne0x. Event ids that are associated: us7000ne0x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 10:55:29 / September 15, 2024 @ 10:55 am.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael Oriente, Santa Elena, Usulután. Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 67 km SSW of Jucuarán, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.3916° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6564° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km SSW of Jucuarán, 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 10:55:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 05:49:18 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 246 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.81 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us7000ne0x Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne0x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ne0x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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