A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 22:57:52 / August 1, 2018 @ 10:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -86.0863° West, 11.2506° North, depth 66.99 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.99 km (42 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g1ek. Unique identifier: us1000g1ek. The temblor was reported at 16:57:52 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ticuantepe, El Crucero, Nindirí (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km W of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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