A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from El Rosario in El Salvador. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pz0x. Unique identifier: us6000pz0x. Exact location, longitude -89.1031° West, latitude 13.1075° North, depth = 62.237 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.237 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 11:38:52 / March 15, 2025 @ 11:38 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:38:52 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Delgado (c. 71 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce, San Rafael Oriente (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 five and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 43 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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