A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pate. Id of event: us7000pate. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 81.56 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:51:57 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 12:51:57 / February 2, 2025 @ 12:51 pm. Exact location of event, depth 81.56 km, -89.0142° West, 12.949° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutuxtepeque, Mejicanos, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 60 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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