A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:03:00 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -87.5608 West, latitude 11.8979 North, depth = 54.26 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.26 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004xlb. Event ids that are associated: us10004xlb. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 21:03:00 / March 14, 2016 @ 9:03 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Realejo, Corinto (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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