A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Acajutla in El Salvador. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 11:56:56 / August 18, 2025 @ 11:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, -89.7484° West, 12.9081° North, depth 34.983 km. The temblor was detected at 11:56:56 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.983 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r1ve. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1ve.

Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 11 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Antonio del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sonzacate, Zaragoza, Sonsonate.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador.

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