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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Somotillo in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.8735S, -86.9476WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Somotillo in Nicaragua on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 21:45:11 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 03:45:11 / June 10, 2016 @ 3:45 am. 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: us200063db. Unique identifier: us200063db. Exact location of event, longitude -86.9476 West, latitude 12.8735 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Norte, Nacaome, Ciudad Darío (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km SSW of Somotillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.9476° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8735° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km SSW of Somotillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-10 03:45:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-10 04:08:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 40 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 343 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 0.202 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us200063db Id of event.
Event Code 200063db An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063db, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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