Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Masachapa in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, longitude -86.5039 West, latitude 11.288 North, depth = 46.41 km. Event id: us2000gdkz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gdkz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:25:48 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.41 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 07:25:48 / July 20, 2018 @ 7:25 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nindirí, Masaya, Ticuantepe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from San Marcos (c. 23 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km S of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.5039° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.288° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.41 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55km S of Masachapa, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-20 07:25:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-05 11:12:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.219	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	176	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000gdkz	Id of event.
Event Code	2000gdkz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000gdkz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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