A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Santa Teresa in Nicaragua. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006up5. Unique identifier: us20006up5. Exact location of event, longitude -86.308 West, latitude 11.5014 North, depth = 68.26 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:13:50 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 68.26 km (42 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 23:13:50 / August 27, 2016 @ 11:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nagarote, Tipitapa, Ciudad Sandino. Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 28 km SSW of Santa Teresa, Nicaragua.
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