A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:22 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.83 km (14 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 23:38:22 / June 6, 2018 @ 11:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -86.7349° West, 11.2108° North, depth 21.83 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ek4g. Id of event: us1000ek4g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Marcos (c. 23 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Nandaime (c. 20 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from El Crucero (c. 16 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Crucero, Belén, San Marcos (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.
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