A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Cardenas in Nicaragua on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 163.39 km, -85.6795° West, 11.2547° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.39 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002nnc. Unique identifier: us10002nnc. The temblor was picked up at 08:17:14 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 14:17:14 / July 6, 2015 @ 2:17 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos, Tisma, Acoyapa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km WNW of Cardenas, Nicaragua.
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