Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 84 km southwest of Acajutla, El Salvador, on Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 22:23 (GMT)

Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 84 km southwest of Acajutla, El Salvador, on Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 22:23 (GMT)

Strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

28 Oct 22:30 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Date & time: 28 Oct 2018 22:23:52 UTC
Magnitude: 5.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 13.06°N / 90.38°W (North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador)
Nearest volcano: Moyuta (112 km / 70 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
84 km (52 mi) SW of Acajutla (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) SW of Sonsonate (pop: 59,500) --> See nearby quakes!
112 km (70 mi) SSW of Ahuachapan (Ahuachapán) (pop: 34,100) --> See nearby quakes!
137 km (85 mi) SW of Santa Ana (pop: 176,700) --> See nearby quakes!
137 km (85 mi) WSW of Santa Tecla (pop: 124,700) --> See nearby quakes!
147 km (91 mi) WSW of San Salvador (pop: 526,000) --> See nearby quakes!
149 km (92 mi) WSW of Mexicanos (pop: 160,300) --> See nearby quakes!
152 km (95 mi) WSW of Soyapango (pop: 329,700) --> See nearby quakes!
176 km (110 mi) S of Guatemala City (Guatemala) (pop: 994,900) --> See nearby quakes!
209 km (130 mi) WSW of Sensuntepeque (pop: 20,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.810 kmNear Coast of GuatemalaGFZ
M 5.471 kmOFFSHORE EL SALVADOREMSC
M 5.953 kmNear Coast of GuatemalaGeoAu
M 6.125 km- 93km SW of Acajutla, El SalvadorUSGS

User reports for this quake (4)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
La Puente CA, thanks God the carabans is in Mexico / not felt
Tulum / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Paralowie / not felt
Ciudad guatemala (176.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (8 quakes):
  • 08 Dec 2018 03:47 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    22 km (13.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 27 Nov 2018 04:30 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    19 km (11.8 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 27 Nov 2018 01:39 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    11.5 km (7.1 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 25 Nov 2018 16:26 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    13 km (8.1 mi) depth
    |
    20 km (13 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 13 Nov 2018 04:50 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    36.6 km (22.7 mi) depth
    |
    22 km (14 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 12 Nov 2018 14:12 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (3 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 07 Nov 2018 10:21 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    26 km (16.2 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 05 Nov 2018 19:39 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    3 km (2 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details

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