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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Corinto in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007nph. Id of event: us70007nph. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:13:24 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -87.6524° West, 12.1762° North, depth 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 09:13:24 / February 12, 2020 @ 9:13 am.

Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Morazán, León, Posoltega (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.6524° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.1762° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-12 09:13:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-12 10:12:29	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	0.805	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.4 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	188	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	us70007nph	Id of event.
Event Code	70007nph	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70007nph,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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