A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador in Nicaragua. Exact location of earthquake, -86.6013° West, 11.9398° North, depth 84.74 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.74 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10002nd7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002nd7. Global time and date of event 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 04:00:05 / July 4, 2015 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:00:05 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chinandega, Potosí, Belén (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 11 km WSW of Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaragua.
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