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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag strikes near San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on January 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.9437S, -86.3351WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, longitude -86.3351 West, latitude 10.9437 North, depth = 39.31 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.31 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 15:03:54 / January 16, 2018 @ 3:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:03:54 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000cjyj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjyj.

Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 118 km (73 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from San Marcos (c. 23 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masaya, Granada, Carlos Fonseca Amador (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.3351° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.9437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-16 15:03:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-16 15:30:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.96 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 525 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 0.761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000cjyj Id of event.
Event Code 2000cjyj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cjyj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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