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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 14 km WSW of San Agustín, El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.3929S, -88.732WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from San Agustín in El Salvador on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 08:05:25 / March 24, 2025 @ 8:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pm6s. Id of event: us7000pm6s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 165.709 km (103 miles). Exact location of event, depth 165.709 km, -88.732° West, 13.3929° North. The temblor was detected at 08:05:25 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Arce, Armenia, San Juan Opico (min 5000 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km WSW of San Agustín, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.732° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3929° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 165.709 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km WSW of San Agustín, 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 2025-03-24 08:05:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-25 11:48:59 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.375 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000pm6s Id of event.
Event Code 7000pm6s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pm6s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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