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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.5712S, -86.7909WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Exact location of earthquake, -86.7909° West, 11.5712° North, depth 50.02 km. The temblor was reported at 09:24:12 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/19 / 2019-11-01 15:24:12 / November 1, 2019 @ 3:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000620i. Unique identifier: us7000620i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.02 km (31 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jorge, San Juan del Sur, Rivas (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.7909° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km SW 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 2019-11-01 15:24:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-01 15:41:06 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 432 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 0.741 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000620i Id of event.
Event Code 7000620i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000620i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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