Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Acajutla in El Salvador

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 02:11:24 / September 5, 2024 @ 2:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, -89.776° West, 13.507° North, depth 62.699 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:11:24 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000npsa. Unique identifier: us6000npsa. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.699 km (39 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José Acatempa, Asunción Mita, Chiquimulilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.776° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.507° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	62.699 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SSE 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	2024-09-05 02:11:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-03 05:42:33	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.35	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	173	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	us6000npsa	Id of event.
Event Code	6000npsa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000npsa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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