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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Masachapa in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on January 25, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.3796S, -86.6412WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007f9k. Unique identifier: us60007f9k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 23:44:32 / January 24, 2020 @ 11:44 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.6412 West, latitude 11.3796 North, depth = 53.84 km. 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 53.84 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:44:32 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nagarote, Granada, Managua.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.6412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3796° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km 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 23:44:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-25 00:03:16 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 354 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 0.815 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us60007f9k Id of event.
Event Code 60007f9k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007f9k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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