A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Intipucá in El Salvador on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxkc. Unique identifier: us6000pxkc. The temblor was picked up at 01:35:55 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 01:35:55 / March 8, 2025 @ 1:35 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.772 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.2129 West, latitude 12.5757 North, depth = 58.772 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jiquilisco, San Rafael Oriente, Usulután. Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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