A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Intipucá in El Salvador. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.881 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -88.1785° West, latitude 12.4982° North, depth = 49.881 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 04:57:49 / September 19, 2024 @ 4:57 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:49 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nszm. Id of event: us6000nszm.
Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chirilagua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 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 seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador.
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