A 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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