Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Nagarote in Nicaragua

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nagarote in Nicaragua. Unique identifier: us1000jkxw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jkxw. The temblor was reported at 03:30:02 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.71 km (59 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/03/19 / 2019-03-24 09:30:02 / March 24, 2019 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -86.7518° West, latitude 12.1073° North, depth = 95.71 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Somotillo, Ciudad Darío, Puerto Morazán (min 5000 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km SW of Nagarote, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.7518° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.1073° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	95.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km SW of Nagarote, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-03-24 09:30:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-03-24 09:47:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.5	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	434	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	0.393	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us1000jkxw	Id of event.
Event Code	1000jkxw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000jkxw,	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

-86.7518° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.1073° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

95.71 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

26km SW of Nagarote, Nicaragua

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-03-24 09:30:02

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-03-24 09:47:03

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

5.5

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

434

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

0.393

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

Root Mean Square

1.25 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

us1000jkxw

Id of event.

Event Code

1000jkxw

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

Event IDS

,us1000jkxw,

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

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