A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Rafael del Sur in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 104.41 km, -86.4674° West, 11.8826° North. Id of earthquake: us1000hxf7. Event ids that are associated: us1000hxf7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 01:09:38 / November 21, 2018 @ 1:09 am. The temblor was reported at 19:09:38 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.41 km (65 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Larreynaga, San Jorge, Rivas.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 4 km NW of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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