A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100034bv. Event ids that are associated: us100034bv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 14:55:59 / August 23, 2015 @ 2:55 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -89.5909 West, latitude 12.9955 North, depth = 35 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:55:59 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soyapango, Ayutuxtepeque, Delgado (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 61 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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