Light earthquake 4 mag, 62 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Chirilagua in El Salvador. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 19:32:35 / July 29, 2025 @ 7:32 pm. Exact location of event, depth 47.062 km, -88.329° West, 12.6881° North. Event id: us6000qw44. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qw44. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.062 km (29 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:32:35 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Miguel, Santiago de María, La Unión (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santiago de María (c. 15 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador.

Chirilagua El Salvador La Unión Puerto El Triunfo San Miguel San Rafael Oriente Santiago de María Usulután

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-88.329° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.6881° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.062 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km SSW of Chirilagua, 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	2025-07-29 19:32:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-04 16:36:29	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	246	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.776	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	162	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	us6000qw44	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qw44	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qw44,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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