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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 17:26:26 / May 8, 2025 @ 5:26 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:26:26 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000py0z. Id of event: us7000py0z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -88.6782° West, latitude 12.727° North, depth = 41.703 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.703 km (26 miles).

The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Berlín (c. 11 300 pop). 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 Zacatecoluca, Berlín, Santiago de María.

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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.

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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: 63 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.

Berlin El Salvador Puerto El Triunfo San Rafael Oriente Santiago de María Usulután Zacatecoluca

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.6782° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.727° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.703 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km SSW 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	2025-05-08 17:26:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-08 18:08:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	259	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.814	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	171	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	us7000py0z	Id of event.
Event Code	7000py0z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000py0z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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