A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Exact location of event, longitude -89.9812 West, latitude 13.4053 North, depth = 76.945 km. The temblor was reported at 16:28:23 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pfy2. Event ids that are associated: us6000pfy2. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 16:28:23 / December 27, 2024 @ 4:28 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.945 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearby 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 Jutiapa, Apopa, Soyapango.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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