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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 73 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador

Posted by admin on November 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1837S, -90.3624WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 18:35:42 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 18:35:42 / November 4, 2024 @ 6:35 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.106 km (21 miles). Event id: us7000npww. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000npww. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 34.106 km, -90.3624° West, 13.1837° North.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonzacate, Tacuba, Sonsonate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tacuba (c. 5 100 pop).

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

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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: 73 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.3624° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1837° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km SW 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 2024-11-04 18:35:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-04 18:52:36 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.912 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us7000npww Id of event.
Event Code 7000npww An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npww, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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