Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Francisco Menendez in El Salvador

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from San Francisco Menendez in El Salvador. Exact location of event, depth 54.78 km, -90.2669° West, 13.5127° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.78 km (34 miles). Event id: us10008rpt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008rpt. Global time and date of event 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 22:02:34 / May 11, 2017 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:02:34 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciudad Arce, Jutiapa, Candelaria de La Frontera. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Jutiapa (c. 34 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

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 fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SW of San Francisco Menendez, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.2669° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.5127° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45km SW of San Francisco Menendez, 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	2017-05-11 22:02:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-11 22:30:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	312	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	1.021	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	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	us10008rpt	Id of event.
Event Code	10008rpt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008rpt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-90.2669° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.5127° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

54.78 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

45km SW of San Francisco Menendez, 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

2017-05-11 22:02:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-05-11 22:30:42

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

2.7

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

312

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

1.021

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

Root Mean Square

0.94 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

146

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

us10008rpt

Id of event.

Event Code

10008rpt

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

Event IDS

,us10008rpt,

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

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