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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Acajutla in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.2453S, -89.7857WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -89.7857° West, 13.2453° North, depth 45.93 km. Global time and date of event 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 10:18:13 / September 15, 2024 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.93 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:18:13 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ne0k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ne0k.

Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Apopa, Ilopango, Soyapango (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.7857° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2453° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km S of Acajutla, 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 10:18:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-29 07:16:46 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 271 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.522 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us7000ne0k Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne0k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ne0k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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