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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Posoltega in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on April 23, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.5364S, -87.0055WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Posoltega in Nicaragua on Thursday. Event id: us60009ax1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009ax1. Exact location of event, depth 141.76 km, -87.0055° West, 12.5364° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 141.76 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:48:48 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 19:48:48 / April 23, 2020 @ 7:48 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Darío, El Crucero, Estelí.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km WSW of Posoltega, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.0055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5364° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km WSW of Posoltega, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-23 19:48:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-23 21:27:34 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 326 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 0.16 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us60009ax1 Id of event.
Event Code 60009ax1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009ax1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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