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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.3175S, -86.6953WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -86.6953° West, 11.3175° North, depth 45.53 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 21:59:07 / January 24, 2020 @ 9:59 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.53 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007f5m. Unique identifier: us60007f5m. The temblor was reported at 15:59:07 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nagarote, Granada, Managua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 103 km (64 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 55 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.6953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3175° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km SSW 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 2020-01-24 21:59:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 22:21:06 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 0.894 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us60007f5m Id of event.
Event Code 60007f5m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007f5m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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