A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Exact location of earthquake, -88.5901° West, 12.9698° North, depth 76.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.96 km (48 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:27:19 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nut5. Unique identifier: us7000nut5. Global time and date of event 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 18:27:19 / November 28, 2024 @ 6:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cojutepeque, La Unión, San Sebastián.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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