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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.8467S, -88.5772WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Exact location, longitude -88.5772° West, latitude 12.8467° North, depth = 66.54 km. The temblor was detected at 19:25:28 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70007nue. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007nue. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.54 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 01:25:28 / February 3, 2020 @ 1:25 am.

The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Alejo, San Vicente, El Rosario (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 48 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.5772° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8467° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km S of Puerto El Triunfo, 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 2020-02-03 01:25:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-13 02:28:32 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 271 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 1.525 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us70007nue Id of event.
Event Code 70007nue An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007nue, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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