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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag was detected near La Libertad in El Salvador

Posted by admin on January 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.053S, -89.1723WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:18:47 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pi09. Id of event: us6000pi09. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.1723 West, latitude 13.053 North, depth = 49.452 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.452 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 17:18:47 / January 5, 2025 @ 5:18 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guatajiagua, Tacuba, Nueva Concepción. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km SSE of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.1723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.053° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.452 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km SSE 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 2025-01-05 17:18:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-05 17:40:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.74 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 596 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 119 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pi09 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pi09 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pi09, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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