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Weak mag. 3.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 87 km south of San Miguel, El Salvador, on Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 7:09 pm (GMT -6) -

Weak magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 39 km depth

5 Dec 01:14 UTC: First to report: INETER after 4 minutes.
5 Dec 01:21: Magnitude recalculated from 4.0 to 3.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 32.0 to 39.0 km (from 19.9 to 24 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.6 km (4.7 mi) towards NNE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 5, 2022 01:09:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 7:09 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	39.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	12.698°N / 88.228°W (North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador)
Antipode	12.698°S / 91.772°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Conchagüita (77 km / 48 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	59 km (36 mi) SSW of Intipuca (pop: 3,540) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) SSE of Puerto El Triunfo (pop: 19,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) S of San Rafael Oriente (pop: 19,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) SSW of La Union (La Unión) (pop: 26,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) S of San Miguel (pop: 161,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) SSE of Sensuntepeque (pop: 20,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) SE of Soyapango (pop: 329,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 151 km (94 mi) SE of San Salvador (pop: 526,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 28.2°C (83 F), humidity: 72%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SE
Estimated seismic energy released	2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.7	39 km	54 Km Al Sur De Playa El Cuco, El Salvador	INETER
4.0	32 km	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR	EMSC
4.0	32 km	El Salvador: Off Coast of Central America	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Montecristo, El Salvador (SNET/SV network) | Distance from quake: 155 km / 96 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Montecristo, El Salvador: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

Seismic station: Managua, Nicaragua (MGAN/NU network) | Distance from quake: 223 km / 139 mi | Show on map | Station Info

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