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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near La Libertad in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.1897S, -89.4347WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.9 km (29 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:53:08 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45.9 km, -89.4347° West, 13.1897° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 13:53:08 / September 6, 2017 @ 1:53 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arps. Id of event: us2000arps.

Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Ana, Aguilares, San Sebastián.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.4347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1897° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km SSW of La Libertad, 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 2017-09-06 13:53:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-23 11:44:38 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 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 259 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 0.532 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us2000arps Id of event.
Event Code 2000arps An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000arps, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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