A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. The temblor was reported at 13:40:36 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005cvl. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005cvl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 19:40:36 / May 1, 2016 @ 7:40 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.23 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude -90.0137° West, latitude 13.1873° North, depth = 37.23 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atiquizaya, Zaragoza, Ahuachapán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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