A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 04:13:22 / October 8, 2017 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000b2qc. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2qc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.42 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude -87.8214° West, latitude 11.9031° North, depth = 42.42 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:13:22 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corinto. Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 95 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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