A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. Unique identifier: us20005yhk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005yhk. The temblor was picked up at 17:52:46 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.69 km (38 miles). Exact location, longitude -87.8028° West, latitude 12.5192° North, depth = 61.69 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/16 / 2016-05-21 23:52:46 / May 21, 2016 @ 11:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monjarás (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Posoltega, Monjarás, Chirilagua (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.
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