Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Masachapa in Nicaragua

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Friday. Event id: us7000cmv5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cmv5. The temblor was detected at 06:12:42 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -87.2281° West, latitude 11.5819° North, depth = 29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). 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: 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 06:12:42 / December 4, 2020 @ 6:12 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Sur, Carlos Fonseca Amador (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.2281° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5819° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	81 km WSW 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	2020-12-04 06:12:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-04 06:28:10	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	284	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	1.112	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	194	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	us7000cmv5	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cmv5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cmv5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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