Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Diriamba in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Diriamba in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:10:49 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mxz9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxz9. Exact location of earthquake, -86.2536° West, 11.9019° North, depth 154.637 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.637 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 00:10:49 / May 12, 2024 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juigalpa, Camoapa, Telica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NNW of Diriamba, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.2536° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.9019° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	154.637 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNW of Diriamba, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-12 00:10:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-12 02:21:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	341	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	110	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.245	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	126	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	us6000mxz9	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mxz9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mxz9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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