A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 23:17:35 / June 23, 2018 @ 11:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.3291 West, latitude 11.7061 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:17:35 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ezxy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezxy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Realejo, Carlos Fonseca Amador, Corinto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 87 km S of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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