A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:31:11 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -87.325 West, latitude 12.3466 North, depth = 61.99 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.99 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100062l8. Unique identifier: us100062l8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 11:31:11 / July 11, 2016 @ 11:31 am.
Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Triunfo, Somotillo, Larreynaga. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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