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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on July 31, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.5924S, -87.6841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.59 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 12:40:11 / July 1, 2015 @ 12:40 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:40:11 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.6841° West, latitude 12.5924° North, depth = 77.59 km. Event id: us20002xqn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xqn.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Telica, León, Chirilagua (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 30 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.6841° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5924° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-01 12:40:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-31 06:48:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002xqn Id of event.
Event Code 20002xqn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xqn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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