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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Acajutla in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.1094S, -89.9021WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -89.9021° West, latitude 13.1094° North, depth = 35.345 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.345 km (22 miles). Event id: us7000nhpp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nhpp. The temblor was picked up at 10:51:09 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 10:51:09 / October 2, 2024 @ 10:51 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Antiguo Cuscatlán (c. 33 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Panchimalco, Ciudad Arce, Antiguo Cuscatlán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.9021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1094° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.345 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-10-02 10:51:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 11:10:31 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 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 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.698 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nhpp Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhpp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhpp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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