A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. Event id: us2000b2nn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b2nn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.6901 West, latitude 12.0623 North, depth = 46.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 00:30:26 / October 8, 2017 @ 12:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:30:26 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.41 km (29 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chichigalpa, El Viejo, Chinandega (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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