A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jiquilisco in El Salvador. The temblor was picked up at 21:15:15 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -88.8947° West, 13.0408° North, depth 64.28 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/24 / 2024-09-20 21:15:15 / September 20, 2024 @ 9:15 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntdw. Unique identifier: us6000ntdw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.28 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel, Apopa, Tonacatepeque (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km SW of Jiquilisco, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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