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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Masachapa in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 02:33:15 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000adc5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000adc5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 02:33:15 / June 28, 2020 @ 2:33 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.6 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -86.9896° West, 11.4668° North, depth 47.6 km.

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, San Marcos, Jinotepe. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from San Marcos (c. 23 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from El Crucero (c. 16 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Dolores (c. 7 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 62 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.9896° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.4668° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km SW 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	2020-06-28 02:33:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-28 02:53:20	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	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	0.993	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159	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	us7000adc5	Id of event.
Event Code	7000adc5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000adc5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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