A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Puerto Morazan in Nicaragua on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 09:25:20 / June 11, 2016 @ 9:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, -87.0057° West, 12.8742° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:25:20 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200063sv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063sv.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nacaome, Condega, Nagarote (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Every 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 six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km E of Puerto Morazan, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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