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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Masachapa in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on December 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.1595S, -86.864WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 19:33:46 / December 17, 2018 @ 7:33 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000iuhz. Event ids that are associated: us2000iuhz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.864 West, latitude 11.1595 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:33:46 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Santa Teresa (c. 5 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlos Fonseca Amador, Santa Teresa, San Rafael del Sur (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.864° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1595° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SSW 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 2018-12-17 19:33:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-17 20:04:38 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 369 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 1.113 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us2000iuhz Id of event.
Event Code 2000iuhz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iuhz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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