A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 23:56:11 / April 18, 2019 @ 11:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:56:11 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.5976° West, latitude 11.7491° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003901. Id of event: us70003901.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corinto.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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