A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Exact location of event, longitude -90.3603 West, latitude 13.0228 North, depth = 18.89 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:30:22 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwxg. Id of event: us1000hwxg. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 04:30:22 / November 27, 2018 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.89 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acajutla (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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