May 12, 2017 M6.2 Earthquake 79km SSW Acajutla, El Salvador Data Event Response
Written by David Phillips & Shelley Olds
12 May 2017
Event Summary
A Mw 6.2 earthquake occurred at 10:41:26 UTC (04:41:26 am local) on May 12, 2017, 79km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador. For more information, see the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program event page.
UNAVCO Response
GPS Data
In response to the M6.2 earthquake 79km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador, on 2017-05-12, high-rate 1-sps (1 Hz) GPS/GNSS data are being downloaded from five COCONet stations within 500 km of the epicenter for a ±2-hour period around the event. A map of GPS stations being downloaded is shown in Figure 2. These data will be available from the UNAVCO high rate data page. Note: Four of these stations stream data in real time: SSIA, CN21, CN22 and CN25; to request access to these and other RT-GPS stations operated by UNAVCO please send an email request to rtgps
unavco.org.
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Figure 1. USGS ShakeMap for the May 12, 2017 M6.2 Earthquake 79km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador. (Figure from USGS.)...Read more » -
Figure 2. Map showing continuous GPS/GNSS stations near the epicenter (yellow star) of the May 12, 2017 Mw 6.2 event near Acajutla, El Salvador. UNAVCO is downloading high-rate GPS/GNSS data from COCONet stations TEG2,...Read more »
UNAVCO Data and Support
- Please contact archive-gpsunavco.org for information on data availability.
- To request access to these and other RT-GPS stations operated by UNAVCO please send an email request to rtgpsunavco.org.
- For information on past event responses, see the UNAVCO Geophysical Event Response page.
Related Links
- UNAVCO Geophysical Event Response page
- USGS event page
- Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network (COCONet)
Map Center:
Acajutla, El Salvador
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