A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.02 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us10005yni. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005yni. The temblor was detected at 04:34:23 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -86.3809° West, latitude 10.8696° North, depth = 36.02 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 10:34:23 / June 30, 2016 @ 10:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jorge, Potosí, Belén. Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Jorge (c. 7 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Belén (c. 5 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Potosí (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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