A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:20:13 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hq66. Event ids that are associated: us1000hq66. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.0712 West, latitude 11.4671 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 05:20:13 / November 10, 2018 @ 5:20 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, San Rafael del Sur. The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. 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: 70 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.
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