A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 40.952 km, -89.3185° West, 12.8133° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 07:34:31 / August 16, 2025 @ 7:34 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:34:31 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qv7z. Id of event: us7000qv7z. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.952 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 11 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santiago Nonualco (c. 9 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Olocuilta (c. 6 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from El Rosario (c. 5 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rosario de Mora (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago Nonualco, Olocuilta, Zaragoza.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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