Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -87.7475 West, latitude 12.5498 North, depth = 59.14 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 11:58:30 / February 21, 2016 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:58:30 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.14 km (37 miles). Event id: us10004ria. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ria.

Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Unión, Chirilagua, Posoltega. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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. 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: 38 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.7475° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.5498° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km 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	2016-02-21 11:58:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-06 07:31:30	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	0.696	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	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	us10004ria	Id of event.
Event Code	10004ria	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004ria,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.7475° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.5498° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.14 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38km 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

2016-02-21 11:58:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-03-06 07:31:30

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

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

0.696

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.14 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

111

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10004ria

Id of event.

Event Code

10004ria

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10004ria,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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