A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -88.6755° West, 12.7146° North, depth 60.152 km. Event id: us6000phsz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phsz. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.152 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 05:48:37 / January 4, 2025 @ 5:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:48:37 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Berlín (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jucuapa, Chinameca, Santiago Nonualco (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.
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