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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near La Libertad in El Salvador

Posted by admin on September 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1942S, -89.5818WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Exact location of event, longitude -89.5818 West, latitude 13.1942 North, depth = 66.097 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:48:13 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 19:48:13 / September 22, 2024 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.097 km (41 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000ntqm. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntqm.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguilares, Cojutepeque, Santa Ana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.5818° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1942° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.097 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km SW of La Libertad, 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 2024-09-22 19:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 20:07:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 312 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000ntqm Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntqm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntqm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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