Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near León in Nicaragua

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from León in Nicaragua. Exact location of earthquake, -86.9315° West, 12.2444° North, depth 91.41 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91.41 km (57 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mdjz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdjz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 00:01:25 / April 21, 2024 @ 12:01 am. The temblor was reported at 00:01:25 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masatepe, Nindirí, Jinotepe (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SSW of León, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.9315° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.2444° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	91.41 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 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	2024-04-21 00:01:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-15 05:05:36	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	271	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.458	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us7000mdjz	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mdjz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mdjz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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