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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Corinto in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.9716S, -87.8364WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 43.85 km, -87.8364° West, 11.9716° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:27:59 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b2qg. Id of event: us2000b2qg. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 04:27:59 / October 8, 2017 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.85 km (27 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corinto (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.8364° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.9716° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-08 04:27:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-08 04:57:06 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 312 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 1.053 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us2000b2qg Id of event.
Event Code 2000b2qg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b2qg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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