A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Amapala in Honduras. The temblor was picked up at 13:46:38 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxar. Id of event: us7000nxar. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 13:46:38 / December 9, 2024 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -87.7383° West, 13.2295° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Realejo, Chinandega, Somotillo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.
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