Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Tacuba in El Salvador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tacuba in El Salvador. Global time and date of event 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 05:13:03 / August 14, 2016 @ 5:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -89.9176 West, latitude 13.9876 North, depth = 140 km. Event id: us10006dq1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dq1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:13:03 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Escuintla, Chiquimula, Olocuilta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km N of Tacuba, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chiquimula El Salvador Escuintla Guatemala Guatemala City Mejicanos Olocuilta Petapa San Salvador Santa Ana Soyapango Tacuba Villa Nueva

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.9176° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9876° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	140 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km N of Tacuba, 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	2016-08-14 05:13:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-14 05:34:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	354	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.73	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us10006dq1	Id of event.
Event Code	10006dq1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006dq1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-89.9176° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.9876° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

140 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

9km N of Tacuba, 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

2016-08-14 05:13:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-08-14 05:34:07

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

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

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

354

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.73

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.8 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

122

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10006dq1

Id of event.

Event Code

10006dq1

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10006dq1,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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