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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near La Libertad in El Salvador

Posted by admin on December 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1718S, -89.5799WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Unique identifier: us7000p0iu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0iu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.211 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:37:34 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -89.5799 West, latitude 13.1718 North, depth = 39.211 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 01:37:34 / December 21, 2024 @ 1:37 am.

Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Ana, Atiquizaya, Chalchuapa.

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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km SW of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.5799° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.211 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SW of La Libertad, 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 2024-12-21 01:37:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-21 01:52:12 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 259 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 0.496 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us7000p0iu Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0iu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0iu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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