Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, depth 83.28 km, -87.5317° West, 12.5916° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/19 / 2019-08-19 11:37:03 / August 19, 2019 @ 11:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.28 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us600056y1. Ids that are associated to the event: us600056y1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:37:03 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).

Close 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Paz Centro, Chirilagua, San Lorenzo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.5317° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.5916° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	83.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km SSW 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	2019-08-19 11:37:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-08-19 11:50:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.4	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	355	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	0.509	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	127	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	us600056y1	Id of event.
Event Code	600056y1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600056y1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.5317° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.5916° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

83.28 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

19km SSW 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

2019-08-19 11:37:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-08-19 11:50:13

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

5.4

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

355

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

0.509

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

Root Mean Square

1.33 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

127

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

us600056y1

Id of event.

Event Code

600056y1

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

Event IDS

,us600056y1,

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

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