A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Conchagua in El Salvador on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:26:03 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -87.8212 West, latitude 13.1789 North, depth = 190.493 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 190.493 km (118 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rpb0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpb0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 07:26:03 / November 20, 2025 @ 7:26 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinandega, El Viejo, El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador.

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