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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near León in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.0071S, -87.0872WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from León in Nicaragua. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 17:53:44 / May 8, 2024 @ 5:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:53:44 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mxae. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxae. Exact location of event, depth 51.613 km, -87.0872° West, 12.0071° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.613 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Teresa, Jinotepe, La Concepción. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 52 km SSW of León, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.0872° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0071° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.613 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SSW of León, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-08 17:53:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 16:55:48 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 340 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 162 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.688 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000mxae Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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