A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnpa. Id of event: us6000rnpa. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.575 km (46 miles). Exact location, longitude -88.7179° West, latitude 13.0107° North, depth = 73.575 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/25 / 2025-11-17 04:22:32 / November 17, 2025 @ 4:22 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:32 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Marcos (c. 54 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop). Nearby 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 Delgado, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Nuevo Cuscatlán.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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