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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Corinto in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.0921S, -87.1071WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. Event id: us6000crlg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000crlg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/20 / 2020-11-23 11:05:19 / November 23, 2020 @ 11:05 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.82 km (49 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:05:19 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.1071° West, latitude 12.0921° North, depth = 78.82 km.

Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Managua, El Crucero, Larreynaga (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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: 43 km S of Corinto, 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 -87.1071° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0921° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km S of Corinto, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-23 11:05:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-23 12:35:39 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 0.606 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 134 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 us6000crlg Id of event.
Event Code 6000crlg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000crlg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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