A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.48 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 18:14:32 / August 31, 2016 @ 6:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 57.48 km, -87.4763° West, 12.3684° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:14:32 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006j34. Id of event: us10006j34.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monjarás, La Paz Centro, Telica (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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