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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 112 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.2437S, -88.4324WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 112 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador (70 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 07:20:59 / November 26, 2024 @ 7:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.144 km (13 miles). Event id: us7000nu7i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu7i. Exact location of event, longitude -88.4324 West, latitude 12.2437 North, depth = 20.144 km. The temblor was reported at 07:20:59 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 112 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.4324° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.144 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SSW of Chirilagua, 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 2024-11-26 07:20:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 10:10:11 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 284 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.222 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us7000nu7i Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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