A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us7000cciy. Event ids that are associated: us7000cciy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/20 / 2020-11-04 19:54:58 / November 4, 2020 @ 7:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.5375 West, latitude 10.7466 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:54:58 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Close 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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