A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Masachapa 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: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 05:20:57 / November 10, 2018 @ 5:20 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -87.1314° West, 11.3807° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:20:57 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hq68. Event ids that are associated: us1000hq68.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlos Fonseca Amador, San Rafael del Sur (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 80 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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