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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near La Libertad in El Salvador

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Earthquake location 12.8058S, -89.3785WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -89.3785° West, latitude 12.8058° North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px9g. Id of event: us6000px9g. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 04:29:04 / February 26, 2025 @ 4:29 am. The temblor was detected at 04:29:04 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panchimalco, Santiago Nonualco, Olocuilta. The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 11 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santiago Nonualco (c. 9 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Panchimalco (c. 6 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Olocuilta (c. 6 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from El Rosario (c. 5 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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 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: 75 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.3785° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8058° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km S 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 2025-02-26 04:29:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-21 22:55:00 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 271 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.999 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us6000px9g Id of event.
Event Code 6000px9g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000px9g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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