Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag strikes near La Libertad in El Salvador

A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 09:03:28 / May 30, 2019 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19150000. Id of event: pt19150000. Exact location, longitude -89.372° West, latitude 13.069° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 6.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:03:28 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near La Libertad in El Salvador (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chirilagua, Moyuta, Atescatempa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Apopa Atescatempa Chirilagua Delgado El Salvador La Libertad Mejicanos Moyuta San Marcos San Salvador Santa Ana Santa Tecla Sonsonate Soyapango

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.372° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.069° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46km S 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	2019-05-30 09:03:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-30 09:08:57	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	1	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	670	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169.199986464	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt19150000	Id of event.
Event Code	19150000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19150000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-89.372° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.069° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

46km S 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

2019-05-30 09:03:28

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-30 09:08:57

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

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

670

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

,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

169.199986464

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

pt19150000

Id of event.

Event Code

19150000

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

Event IDS

,pt19150000,

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

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