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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Off Coast of Central America (El Salvador) on Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Off Coast of Central America (El Salvador) on Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Date & time: Tuesday, 12 November 2019 21:35 UTC
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 77.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 12.94°N / 88.49°W (El Salvador)
Nearest volcano: Usulután (53 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 2.8*10^12 J (783 MWh / 674 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Tue, 12 Nov 21:35 UTCM 5.1 / 80 kmOffshore El SalvadorEMSC
Tue, 12 Nov 21:35 UTCM 5.2 / 78.8 kmOff Coast of Central America (El Salvador)GeoAu
Tue, 12 Nov 21:35 UTCM 5.1 / 71.4 km38km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El SalvadorUSGS

"I felt it" reports:
San Salvador / MMI VI (Strong shaking): Building shook. Thought something had hit the building.
El salvador, Santa tecla / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
San Salvador / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
(115.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VII (Very strong shaking) (via app)
(111.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
(111 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
Hudson Florida / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
Apopa / MMI VII (Very strong shaking): Felt like the house would fall.lasted 4 seconds
Houston tx / MMI II (Very weak shaking): 5 year old daughter said she felt ground shaking 2 hours or so before the quake
Colonia Escalón, San Salvador / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
(116.1 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
Zaragoza / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
(69.9 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking) (via app)
(117.1 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
san salvador / MMI IV (Light shaking)
(111.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IX (Violent shaking): Was very horrible, my home is destroyed for that (via app)
(113.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking) (via app)
(111 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (117 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fuerte y largo en San Salvador (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (116 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fuerte temblor en San Salvador, El Salvador. (via EMSC)
Antiguo Cuscatlan (El Salvador) (115 km NW from epicenter)(no details): fuerte y un poco más largo que lo de la mañana (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (115 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fortísimo (via EMSC)
San Vicente (El Salvador) (86 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fuerte (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (116 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Suave y rápido (via EMSC)
San Salvador (El Salvador) (115 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Bastante sensible. (via EMSC)

 

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