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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Cárdenas in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.1271S, -85.3325WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Cárdenas in Nicaragua. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 21:21:54 / April 17, 2024 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:21:54 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -85.3325 West, latitude 11.1271 North, depth = 154 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 154 km (96 miles). Event id: us7000mcrs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcrs.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 112 km (70 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Nandaime (c. 20 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Granada, Nicoya, Juigalpa (min 5000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: 20 km ESE of Cárdenas, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.3325° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1271° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 154 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ESE of Cárdenas, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-17 21:21:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 05:05:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 81 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.808 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 499 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 256 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.85 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mcrs Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcrs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcrs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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