A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from El Crucero in Nicaragua. Global time and date of event 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 01:49:51 / April 21, 2024 @ 1:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:49:51 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114.063 km (71 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mdkh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdkh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -86.4005 West, latitude 11.9534 North, depth = 114.063 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo, Ciudad Darío, Posoltega (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km WSW of El Crucero, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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