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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 94 km WSW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Posted by admin on September 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.8763S, -86.6483WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 15/09/20 / 2020-09-15 22:08:09 / September 15, 2020 @ 10:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:08:09 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -86.6483 West, latitude 10.8763 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000bnrj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bnrj.

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan del Sur (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 94 km WSW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.6483° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8763° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km WSW 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 2020-09-15 22:08:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-15 22:32:37 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 1.147 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 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 us7000bnrj Id of event.
Event Code 7000bnrj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bnrj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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