A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 05:00:41 / September 15, 2015 @ 5:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003jka. Unique identifier: us20003jka. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:41 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.94 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.0424 West, latitude 11.3319 North, depth = 34.94 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, San Rafael del Sur. Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop).
Each 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.
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