Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Masachapa in Nicaragua

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.23 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 03:41:04 / January 15, 2019 @ 3:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude -86.6207 West, latitude 11.2853 North, depth = 36.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:41:04 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j40f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j40f.

Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nagarote, Managua, Granada. Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (64 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.6207° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.2853° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km 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	2019-01-15 03:41:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-15 04:03:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	433	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	0.893	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000j40f	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j40f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j40f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-86.6207° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

11.2853° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

36.23 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

56km 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

2019-01-15 03:41:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-01-15 04:03:29

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

2.2

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

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

433

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.893

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.3 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000j40f

Id of event.

Event Code

2000j40f

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000j40f,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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