A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. The temblor was detected at 07:25:28 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 45.277 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 07:25:28 / August 16, 2025 @ 7:25 am. Exact location of event, depth 45.277 km, -89.3066° West, 12.8016° North. Id of earthquake: us6000r1k6. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1k6.

Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Libertad (c. 16 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 11 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santiago Nonualco (c. 9 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Panchimalco (c. 6 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Olocuilta (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panchimalco, Zacatecoluca, Santiago Nonualco.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.

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