A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Telica in Nicaragua on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003v5s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003v5s. Global time and date of event 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 07:51:15 / November 3, 2015 @ 7:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -86.8619 West, latitude 12.5303 North, depth = 179.82 km. The temblor was reported at 01:51:15 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 179.82 km (112 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ticuantepe, Tipitapa, San Rafael del Sur (min 5000 pop).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 0 km NNW of Telica, Nicaragua.
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