A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, longitude -87.6779 West, latitude 12.4067 North, depth = 52.45 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 23:25:12 / July 23, 2018 @ 11:25 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:25:12 / 5:25 pm (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 52.45 km (33 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gc7a. Unique identifier: us2000gc7a.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Telica, León, Posoltega (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Telica (c. 8 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 44 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.
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