Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 29 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. Unique identifier: us60003rbu. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003rbu. Exact location of earthquake, -87.7205° West, 12.6936° North, depth 88.81 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/19 / 2019-05-16 16:51:09 / May 16, 2019 @ 4:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.81 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:51:09 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Triunfo, La Alianza, Ciudad Choluteca (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.7205° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.6936° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	88.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-16 16:51:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-07 20:35:18	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	284	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	0.682	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	us60003rbu	Id of event.
Event Code	60003rbu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60003rbu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.7205° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.6936° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

88.81 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

29km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua

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

Time

2019-05-16 16:51:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-06-07 20:35:18

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

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

284

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

0.682

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

Root Mean Square

1.09 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

162

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us60003rbu

Id of event.

Event Code

60003rbu

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

Event IDS

,us60003rbu,

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

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