A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.69 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 20:30:41 / December 3, 2017 @ 8:30 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bkm8. Unique identifier: us1000bkm8. Exact location of event, longitude -87.4022 West, latitude 11.7333 North, depth = 45.69 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:30:41 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corinto (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 86 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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