A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The temblor was picked up at 05:10:42 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ng81. Event ids that are associated: us7000ng81. Exact location of event, longitude -89.95 West, latitude 13.2039 North, depth = 56.397 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.397 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 05:10:42 / September 15, 2024 @ 5:10 am.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Antiguo Cuscatlán (c. 33 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Congo, Chalchuapa, Antiguo Cuscatlán.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 45 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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