A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Event id: us70003t6d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003t6d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.58 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 11:07:04 / May 30, 2019 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -89.3075° West, latitude 13.1894° North, depth = 72.58 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:07:04 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Berlín, Suchitoto, Juayúa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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