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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Acajutla in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.8601S, -89.9WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.284 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -89.9° West, 12.8601° North, depth 43.284 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:18:34 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/25 / 2025-12-11 17:18:34 / December 11, 2025 @ 5:18 pm. Event id: us6000ru7g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ru7g.

Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Izalco (c. 19 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). 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 Izalco, Sonzacate, Sonsonate.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.9° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.284 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km S of Acajutla, 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 2025-12-11 17:18:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-11 17:50:37 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 369 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ru7g Id of event.
Event Code 6000ru7g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ru7g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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