Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Sonsonate, Departamento de Sonsonate, El Salvador
4.4 quake 18 Jul 6:10 pm (GMT -6)

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake near Sonsonate, Departamento de Sonsonate, El Salvador, was reported 35 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter early evening on Monday, July 18th, 2022, at 6:10 pm local time. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.4.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Acajutla (pop. 22,800) located 83 km from the epicenter, La Libertad (pop. 16,900) 91 km away, Sonsonate (pop. 59,500) 97 km away, and Sonzacate (pop. 15,400) 99 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 18, 2022 6:10 pm (GMT -6) local time (19 Jul 2022 00:10 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 12.85°N / 89.85°W (North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador)
Primary data source: USGS
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