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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.6155S, -87.5392WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -87.5392 West, latitude 12.6155 North, depth = 72.644 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mubq. Id of event: us6000mubq. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:46:42 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.644 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 15:46:42 / April 27, 2024 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo, La Unión, Ciudad Choluteca. Close country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 17 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.5392° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6155° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.644 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 15:46:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-27 21:15:59 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000mubq Id of event.
Event Code 6000mubq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mubq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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