A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Id of earthquake: us6000qj8g. Event ids that are associated: us6000qj8g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.215 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:24:16 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/25 / 2025-06-09 21:24:16 / June 9, 2025 @ 9:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 65.215 km, -88.723° West, 12.8641° North.
Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Miguel, Apastepeque, Olocuilta. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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