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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Intipucá in El Salvador

Posted by admin on October 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6102S, -88.2041WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Intipucá in El Salvador. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:21:57 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -88.2041° West, 12.6102° North, depth 57.083 km. Unique identifier: us7000nn9u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn9u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 01:21:57 / October 26, 2024 @ 1:21 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.083 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago de María, Chinameca, San Miguel.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.2041° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6102° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.083 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SSW of Intipucá, 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 2024-10-26 01:21:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 01:44:07 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 355 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us7000nn9u Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn9u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn9u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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