A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.559 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, depth 66.559 km, -88.5025° West, 12.9689° North. Global time and date of event 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 01:30:32 / August 4, 2025 @ 1:30 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:30:32 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qxzh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxzh.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciudad Barrios, San Sebastián, San Francisco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador.

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