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Weak mag. 2.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 72 km south of San Salvador, El Salvador, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 8:23 pm (GMT -6) -

Weak magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 33 km depth

19 Mar 02:35 UTC: First to report: INETER after 12 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 02:23:18 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 8:23 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.8
Depth	33.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	13.041°N / 89.191°W (North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador)
Antipode	13.041°S / 90.809°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Ilopango (72 km / 45 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	52 km (32 mi) SSE of La Libertad (pop: 16,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) S of San Marcos (pop: 54,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) S of San Salvador (pop: 526,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 75 km (46 mi) S of Soyapango (pop: 329,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) S of Delgado (pop: 71,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) S of Mexicanos (pop: 160,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) SSW of Cojutepeque (pop: 48,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 110 km (68 mi) SSW of Sensuntepeque (pop: 20,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 27.2°C (81 F), humidity: 70%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WNW
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	33 km	46 Km Al Suroeste De Delta Del Rio Lempa, El Salvador	INETER

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Montecristo, El Salvador (SNET/SV network) | Distance from quake: 72 km / 45 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: 236 km / 147 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.

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