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Light mag. 2.8 earthquake - 18 km north of Usulutan, El Salvador, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 12:29 pm (GMT -6) -

Light magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 5 km depth

18 Mar 21:00 UTC: First to report: INETER after 2 hours and 31 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 18, 2023 18:29:06 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 12:29 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.8
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	13.509°N / 88.464°W (Departamento de Usulutan, El Salvador)
Antipode	13.509°S / 91.536°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Tecapa (4 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) N of Santiago de Maria (Santiago de María, Usulután) (pop: 15,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) E of Berlin (Usulután) (pop: 11,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 9 km (5 mi) W of Jucuapa (Usulután) (pop: 10,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) N of Usulutan (Usulután) (pop: 51,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) NW of San Rafael Oriente (San Miguel) (pop: 19,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Puerto El Triunfo (Usulután) (pop: 19,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) ESE of Soyapango (San Salvador) (pop: 329,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) ESE of San Salvador (pop: 526,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10⁹ joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.8	5 km	12 Km Al Sureste De Vista Hermosa, El Salvador	INETER

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Montecristo, El Salvador (SNET/SV network) | Distance from quake: 85 km / 53 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: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 142 km / 88 mi | Show on map | Station Info

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.8, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

There are no user reports for this quake.

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