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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador

Posted by admin on December 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.5004S, -88.5375WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us6000rvfc. Event ids that are associated: us6000rvfc. Exact location of event, depth 79.811 km, -88.5375° West, 12.5004° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.811 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/25 / 2025-12-17 07:17:46 / December 17, 2025 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:46 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chirilagua, Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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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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: 86 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.5375° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79.811 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, 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 2025-12-17 07:17:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-17 08:44:58 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 271 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.54 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us6000rvfc Id of event.
Event Code 6000rvfc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rvfc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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