A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 23:56:29 / October 30, 2015 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.13 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:56:29 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -88.7164 West, latitude 13.0791 North, depth = 59.13 km. Id of earthquake: us200041kp. Event ids that are associated: us200041kp.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutuxtepeque, Mejicanos, Ciudad Barrios (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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