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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Masachapa in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on October 15, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.6295S, -86.9659WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.64 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.64 km, -86.9659° West, 11.6295° North. The temblor was reported at 06:24:55 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007dkh. Event ids that are associated: us20007dkh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 12:24:55 / October 1, 2016 @ 12:24 pm.

Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Concepción, León, Ciudad Sandino.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 52 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.9659° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.6295° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-01 12:24:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-15 06:26:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.903 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20007dkh Id of event.
Event Code 20007dkh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007dkh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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