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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Rivas in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on March 13, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.3857S, -85.7669WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Rivas in Nicaragua. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 163.28 km (101 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/21 / 2021-03-13 07:57:56 / March 13, 2021 @ 7:57 am. The temblor was detected at 07:57:56 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dj1u. Id of event: us7000dj1u. Exact location of earthquake, -85.7669° West, 11.3857° North, depth 163.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, El Ayote, Managua. Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 8 km SE of Rivas, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.7669° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3857° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 163.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SE of Rivas, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-13 07:57:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-13 08:12:17 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 385 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 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us7000dj1u Id of event.
Event Code 7000dj1u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dj1u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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