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Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - El Salvador on Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - El Salvador on Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Jul 10 20:44: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 104.0 to 74.0 km.
Date & time: Wednesday, 10 July 2019 03:05 UTC
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 74.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 13.34°N / 89.36°W (El Salvador)
Nearest volcano: Ilopango (58 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 1*10^12 J (278 MWh / 239 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
Wed, 10 Jul 03:05 UTCM 4.8 / 78 kmOffshore El SalvadorEMSC
Wed, 10 Jul 03:05 UTCM 4.8 / 58.2 km39km SSW of La Libertad, El SalvadorUSGS

"I felt it" reports:
Santa Tecla (38.1 km N from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
(45.4 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
(42.7 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
(34.6 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
Mejicana / MMI V (Moderate shaking): Se sintió un movimiento bien marcado por la llegada de la onda P y sefuidamente la S (sensación de intermitencia entre ambas, como si iba disminuyendo y luego volvía otra vez), bastante sentido en vivientas, escala entre V y VI de MMI
In sonsonate it was felt like a smood wave kind of / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Mejicanos (45.9 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): Fuerte temblor (via app)
Sonsonate (58 km WNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
San Salvador / MMI IV (Light shaking)
San salvador, pasaje 11 (46.1 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking) (via app)
San Salvador / MMI IV (Light shaking): Rattled glasses, shook the bed like someone was trying to wake you.
(79.4 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
(42.3 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
San Jacinto, San Salvador (38 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking)
(47.1 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
San Francisco Chinameca (41.3 km NE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
San Salvador / MMI III (Weak shaking)
San Salvador (42.3 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
(38.2 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
(44.9 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
(46.8 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): Fue un poco fuerte , y eso que fue con bastante profundidad (via app)
Ataco, ahuchapan (79.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking): Sismo moderado sin daños (via app)
Santo tomas, san salvador, el Salvador / MMI IV (Light shaking)
(38.6 km N from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
(41.1 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking) (via app)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (61 km N from epicenter)(no details): Suave, 5 seg mas o menos (via EMSC)
Sonsonate (El Salvador) (68 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Estuvo un poco fuerte (via EMSC)
Mejicanos (El Salvador) (64 km N from epicenter)(no details): Sentí un temblor muy fuerte en El Salvador (Centroamérica) (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (60 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Fuerte pero corto (via EMSC)
Usulutan (El Salvador) (101 km E from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió un poco fuerte (via EMSC)
Soyapango (El Salvador) (59 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Short but felt in all the house (via EMSC)
Mejicanos (El Salvador) (57 km N from epicenter)(no details): Really long but not that strong. It swayed a lot (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (50 km N from epicenter)(no details): It esa short and strong movement. (via EMSC)
Antiguo Cuscatlan (El Salvador) (48 km N from epicenter)(no details): Regular shake, it got me aware but not that strong. (via EMSC)
Nueva San Salvador (El Salvador) (48 km N from epicenter)(no details): No damage just swayed back and forth. (via EMSC)
Nuevo Cuscatlan (El Salvador) (45 km N from epicenter)(no details): Short time, not strong. (via EMSC)

 

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