A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 13:32:07 / September 16, 2017 @ 1:32 pm. Exact location of event, depth 40.82 km, -86.7432° West, 11.0971° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:32:07 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ap34. Id of event: us2000ap34. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.82 km (25 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Teresa (c. 5 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Teresa, San Rafael del Sur. Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 80 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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