A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9cb. Unique identifier: us2000k9cb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 20:49:03 / April 2, 2019 @ 8:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:49:03 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -90.2248° West, latitude 13.3414° North, depth = 53.53 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.53 km (33 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chalchuapa, Jalpatagua, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chalchuapa (c. 32 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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