Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:50:10 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000aje5. Unique identifier: us2000aje5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.16 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 12:50:10 / September 10, 2017 @ 12:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.8386° West, latitude 12.5056° North, depth = 57.16 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Posoltega, La Unión, Monjarás. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.8386° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.5056° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	57.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-10 12:50:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-10 13:45:07	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	0.792	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161	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	us2000aje5	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aje5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aje5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.8386° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.5056° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

57.16 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

49km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-09-10 12:50:10

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-10 13:45:07

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

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

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

0.792

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.42 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

161

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000aje5

Id of event.

Event Code

2000aje5

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000aje5,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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