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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 10.8533S, -86.4529WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.07 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -86.4529 West, latitude 10.8533 North, depth = 40.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a4we. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a4we. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 05:39:58 / June 3, 2020 @ 5:39 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:39:58 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Belén (c. 5 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Potosí (c. 5 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Potosí, Belén, Rivas (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-nine 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.

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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: 77 km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.4529° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8533° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-03 05:39:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-03 06:18:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 0.972 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 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 us6000a4we Id of event.
Event Code 6000a4we An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a4we, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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