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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Conchagua in El Salvador

Posted by admin on December 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.2206S, -87.875WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Conchagua in El Salvador. The temblor was reported at 03:50:29 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nx79. Id of event: us7000nx79. Exact location of event, longitude -87.875 West, latitude 13.2206 North, depth = 15.366 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.366 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 03:50:29 / December 9, 2024 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop). Nearby 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corinto, Zacatecoluca, San Vicente.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 9 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.875° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.366 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km S of Conchagua, 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 2024-12-09 03:50:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 04:03:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.509 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 485 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.501 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nx79 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nx79 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nx79, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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