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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 5.6 on date 15-12-2022 and time 14:32:25 (UTC) in region El Salvador [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 5.6 earthquake occured in region: El Salvador [Sea], on

  • 15-12-2022 14:32:25 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2022 15:32:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 15-12-2022 08:32:25 (UTC -06:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (America/El_Salvador)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 12.8140, -88.5600 at 91 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		mb 5.3
Mwp 5.6
Mwpd 5.9 		2022-12-15
14:32:25		 12.8145 -88.5598 91 2022-12-15
14:48:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 112835001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-12-15 14:32:25
Latitude 12.8145
Longitude -88.5598
Depth (km) 91 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 112835001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7574
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5715
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 181
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6711.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90.7886
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 95
Number of defining phases 95
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.824665
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 2.84718
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 63.05852
Number of stations at which the event was observed 95
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 95
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:5.9

Field Value
Value 5.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 112835001
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.2.4
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-12-15 14:48:56

Mwp:5.6

Field Value
Value 5.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 112835001
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.2.4
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-12-15 14:48:56

mb:5.3

Field Value
Value 5.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 75
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 112835001
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.2.4
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-12-15 14:48:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:42:41.80 10.0 positive automatic P 338 63.0585 -1.01673 0.0710124
G.COYC.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:42:23.70 10.0 positive automatic P 167 60.2525 0.568264 0.236122
C1.LL02.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:42:08.35 10.0 positive automatic P 166 58.0531 -0.450054 0.167955
CN.ATLI.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:42:04.35 10.0 positive automatic P 335 57.3581 0.341801 0.251571
C1.LL01.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:42:01.68 10.0 positive automatic P 166 57.1506 -0.745003 0.0501043
G.IVI.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:41:56.25 10.0 positive automatic P 22 56.4862 -2.0852 0.275215
GT.PLCA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:41:54.28 10.0 positive automatic P 164 56.0826 0.0915686 0.269337
IU.RCBR.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:41:51.07 10.0 positive automatic P 106 55.5340 -0.675508 0.277956
AT.CRAG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:41:46.66 10.0 positive automatic P 331 54.7908 -0.836983 0.28021
C.GO06.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:41:44.73 10.0 positive automatic P 164 54.7582 -0.836977 0.285888
BL.PMNB.HHZ. 2022-12-15T14:41:24.69 10.0 positive automatic P 126 52.0305 -0.856041 0.318167
C1.BO02.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:41:13.82 10.0 positive automatic P 161 50.5056 -0.323395 0.324475
C.GO05.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:41:12.03 10.0 positive automatic P 162 50.3548 -0.916811 0.38998
G.PEL.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:41:02.40 10.0 positive automatic P 160 49.0227 0.235237 0.318756
WA.ZON.HHZ. 2022-12-15T14:40:57.32 10.0 positive automatic P 157 48.2802 0.120406 0.320457
C1.CO02.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:40:48.33 10.0 positive automatic P 159 47.1341 -0.0847603 0.12563
US.NLWA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:40:34.83 10.0 positive automatic P 327 45.4161 -1.35925 0.396723
IU.LCO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:40:33.72 10.0 positive automatic P 158 45.2421 0.835884 0.409078
II.RPN.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:40:29.92 10.0 positive automatic P 207 44.7403 0.499029 0.428266
CN.DRLN.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:40:26.50 10.0 positive automatic P 29 44.4986 -1.2376 0.432931
C.GO03.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:40:24.73 10.0 positive automatic P 156 44.1396 0.130497 0.397423
II.FFC.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:40:16.39 10.0 positive automatic P 349 43.2109 -0.394826 0.453721
US.HAWA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:40:10.85 10.0 positive automatic P 328 42.5016 -1.06741 0.474577
C.GO02.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:40:10.28 10.0 positive automatic P 154 42.2388 0.521617 0.118712
US.BMO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:52.28 10.0 positive automatic P 328 40.3128 -1.47091 0.481644
US.MSO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:51.93 10.0 positive automatic P 333 40.1356 -0.378699 0.532185
BK.MCCM.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:48.80 10.0 positive automatic P 316 39.6136 0.0545231 0.521475
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:46.25 10.0 positive automatic P 324 39.4261 -0.620463 0.526446
US.EGMT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:46.20 10.0 positive automatic P 338 39.3802 0.192043 0.566284
US.BOZ.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:35.43 10.0 positive automatic P 334 38.1694 -0.562711 0.610227
BK.SAO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:35.57 10.0 positive automatic P 315 37.9328 0.474049 0.581942
US.HLID.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:34.00 10.0 positive automatic P 329 37.9340 -0.0418214 0.595759
BK.CMB.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:34.10 10.0 positive automatic P 317 37.8872 -0.055423 0.545299
US.DGMT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:33.80 10.0 positive automatic P 343 37.9426 -0.119918 0.602664
CX.MNMCX.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:39:27.10 10.0 positive automatic P 149 37.0067 1.26492 0.274251
US.LAO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:25.63 10.0 positive automatic P 340 36.9893 -0.289847 0.626585
US.RLMT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:24.20 10.0 positive automatic P 335 36.7973 -0.288162 0.154604
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:21.60 10.0 positive automatic P 325 36.4010 0.459237 0.639392
US.PKME.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:20.45 10.0 positive automatic P 23 36.3478 0.123495 0.619403
US.AHID.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:15.03 10.0 positive automatic P 331 35.7294 -0.347979 0.641032
US.AGMN.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:15.88 10.0 positive automatic P 352 35.9977 -1.50819 0.638771
GT.LPAZ.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:13.35 10.0 positive automatic P 145 35.4224 1.0503 0.691483
US.BW06.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:08.65 10.0 positive automatic P 333 35.0234 -0.716231 0.638137
US.DUG.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:06.85 10.0 positive automatic P 327 34.6898 0.481773 0.70404
IU.RSSD.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:39:00.62 10.0 positive automatic P 340 34.0006 0.164771 0.699936
US.LONY.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:58.78 10.0 positive automatic P 18 33.9720 -1.21934 0.678251
II.PFO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:51.17 10.0 positive automatic P 314 32.8071 0.544662 0.760341
US.ECSD.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:38.23 10.0 positive automatic P 349 31.6843 -1.81478 0.85401
US.BINY.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:36.83 10.0 positive automatic P 18 31.3471 -0.267002 0.852196
US.ISCO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:33.53 10.0 positive automatic P 334 30.8853 0.108993 0.848278
US.WUAZ.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:31.78 10.0 positive automatic P 322 30.6337 -0.119579 0.862278
US.OGNE.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:29.95 10.0 positive automatic P 340 30.5015 0.204427 0.944022
US.MVCO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:27.63 10.0 positive automatic P 327 30.2002 0.348155 0.928967
US.JFWS.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:25.30 10.0 positive automatic P 358 30.1338 -1.07677 0.227903
IU.SSPA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:19.02 10.0 positive automatic P 17 29.3527 -0.268386 0.987654
US.SDCO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:18.18 10.0 positive automatic P 332 29.1479 0.133751 0.869565
US.SCIA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:18.68 10.0 positive automatic P 353 29.3721 -0.961645 0.930233
IU.TUC.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:09.72 10.0 positive automatic P 317 28.1821 -0.117353 0.930233
US.MCWV.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:06.73 10.0 positive automatic P 14 27.9220 -0.0401222 0.941176
US.ACSO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:05.63 10.0 positive automatic P 9 27.8516 -0.515657 0.481928
US.CBKS.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:05.55 10.0 positive automatic P 341 27.8228 -0.0973663 0.963855
IU.ANMO.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:02.67 10.0 positive automatic P 327 27.4202 -0.233588 0.888889
II.NNA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:02.62 10.0 positive automatic P 154 27.3900 0.0986799 0.909091
US.CBN.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:38:01.23 10.0 positive automatic P 19 27.2696 0.315093 0.879121
US.KSU1.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:59.73 10.0 positive automatic P 346 27.2340 0.0801351 0.963855
MX.SRIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:37:55.47 10.0 positive automatic P 307 26.4680 1.75832 0.869565
MX.HSIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:37:53.18 10.0 positive automatic P 311 26.3630 0.475476 0.909091
US.BLA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:44.85 10.0 positive automatic P 15 25.4591 0.140592 0.47619
IU.CCM.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:42.65 10.0 positive automatic P 355 25.3532 -0.0373641 0.91954
US.AMTX.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:39.48 10.0 positive automatic P 334 25.0612 -1.69232 0.528818
US.MNTX.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:34.13 10.0 positive automatic P 323 24.4004 -0.94006 0.869566
US.TZTN.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:32.45 10.0 positive automatic P 10 24.1511 -0.335509 0.97561
US.WMOK.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:28.10 10.0 positive automatic P 339 23.7979 -0.756212 1.35294
IU.WVT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:24.30 10.0 positive automatic P 1 23.3235 0.169397 0.869565
IM.TKL.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:37:24.39 10.0 positive automatic P 10 23.2468 -0.134586 0.941176
US.MIAR.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:13.88 10.0 positive automatic P 349 22.2012 0.259256 1.41426
US.NHSC.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:11.18 10.0 positive automatic P 19 21.6868 2.62557 0.941176
MX.HPIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:37:05.54 10.0 positive automatic P 314 21.3562 -0.239932 0.851064
US.GOGA.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:37:03.25 10.0 positive automatic P 12 21.1131 0.807657 0.963855
US.JCT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:55.30 10.0 positive automatic P 331 20.4910 -0.631415 1.42197
US.LRAL.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:54.55 10.0 positive automatic P 4 20.2748 1.11012 0.941176
US.NATX.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:48.50 10.0 positive automatic P 344 19.7565 0.660746 1.02595
US.VBMS.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:46.93 10.0 positive automatic P 355 19.4860 2.04386 0.982245
IU.HKT.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:33.87 10.0 positive automatic P 340 18.4235 0.802441 0.941176
IU.SDV.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:29.35 10.0 positive automatic P 101 18.0317 0.102702 1.48683
CU.SDDR.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:28.23 10.0 positive automatic P 67 17.7047 1.40681 1.01978
US.KVTX.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:20.00 10.0 positive automatic P 331 17.1205 0.0765644 0.94376
MX.ZAIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:36:15.01 10.0 positive automatic P 309 16.6219 1.58215 1.40903
IU.DWPF.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:36:13.95 10.0 positive automatic P 22 16.6776 0.249828 0.43956
CU.MTDJ.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:35:12.65 10.0 positive automatic P 62 11.9163 -0.371912 1.31625
MX.TLIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:34:55.83 10.0 positive automatic P 297 10.7570 -0.401021 0.399757
G.HDC.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:33:40.60 10.0 positive automatic P 122 5.1881 0.0758049 1.36207
MX.CCIG.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:33:35.83 10.0 positive automatic P 315 4.8995 -0.817193 1.14203
II.JTS.BHZ.00 2022-12-15T14:33:27.77 10.0 positive automatic P 125 4.3423 0.0587453 0.97561
GE.BOAB.BHZ. 2022-12-15T14:33:06.60 10.0 positive automatic P 97 2.8472 -0.407841 2.78574
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