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Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 9 km E of Acajutla, El Salvador

Posted by admin on January 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5917S, -89.7442WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Thursday. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:45 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pixh. Unique identifier: us6000pixh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.454 km (59 miles). Exact location of event, depth 94.454 km, -89.7442° West, 13.5917° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 16:31:45 / January 9, 2025 @ 4:31 pm.

Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jalapa, San Luis Jilotepeque, Esquipulas. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km E of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.7442° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5917° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.454 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km E of Acajutla, 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 2025-01-09 16:31:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 16:52:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.308 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 522 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 158 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000pixh Id of event.
Event Code 6000pixh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pixh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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