A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Antonio del Monte in El Salvador on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.686 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 06:08:58 / May 26, 2025 @ 6:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -89.7797° West, 13.6525° North, depth 70.686 km. The temblor was detected at 06:08:58 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1hl. Unique identifier: us7000q1hl.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cojutepeque, Santiago Nonualco, Cuilapa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SSW of San Antonio del Monte, El Salvador.
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