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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near El Rosario in El Salvador


Earthquake location 13.1066S, -89.1014WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador. Exact location, longitude -89.1014° West, latitude 13.1066° North, depth = 49.89 km. The temblor was reported at 03:27:11 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.89 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: us2000blxy. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000blxy. Global time and date of event 11/11/17 / 2017-11-11 09:27:11 / November 11, 2017 @ 9:27 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jucuapa, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 43 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.1014° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km S of El Rosario, 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 2017-11-11 09:27:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-11 09:44:32 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 0.59 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 152 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 us2000blxy Id of event.
Event Code 2000blxy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000blxy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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