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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Conchagua in El Salvador

Posted by admin on October 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1742S, -87.8711WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Conchagua in El Salvador. The temblor was detected at 06:27:16 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rg1i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg1i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 06:27:16 / October 10, 2025 @ 6:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, -87.8711° West, 13.1742° North, depth 172.947 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 172.947 km (107 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Viejo, El Triunfo, Puerto Morazán. Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop).

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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km S of Conchagua, El Salvador.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.8711° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1742° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 172.947 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km S of Conchagua, 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 2025-10-10 06:27:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-10 07:22:32 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 326 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.529 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000rg1i Id of event.
Event Code 6000rg1i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rg1i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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