A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Santa Teresa in Nicaragua on Thursday. Unique identifier: us1000e2ft. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2ft. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 12:21:06 / May 10, 2018 @ 12:21 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -86.3214 West, latitude 11.5129 North, depth = 64.17 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:21:06 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). 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 64.17 km (40 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nagarote, Tipitapa, Ciudad Sandino (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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