A 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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