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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.5838S, -88.9633WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.646 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -88.9633 West, latitude 12.5838 North, depth = 34.646 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe2z. Id of event: us7000pe2z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:11:34 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 08:11:34 / February 16, 2025 @ 8:11 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 89 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.9633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, 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 2025-02-16 08:11:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-17 07:21:50 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 312 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000pe2z Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe2z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe2z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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