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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.5243S, -87.288WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 89 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua (55 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008fte. Id of event: us10008fte. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/04/17 / 2017-04-08 10:04:48 / April 8, 2017 @ 10:04 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:04:48 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -87.288° West, 11.5243° North, depth 35 km.

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 89 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.288° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5243° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km 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 2017-04-08 10:04:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-08 10:38:17 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 298 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 1.128 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us10008fte Id of event.
Event Code 10008fte An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008fte, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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