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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Belén in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on July 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.5257S, -85.9578WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Belén in Nicaragua. Global time and date of event 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 12:04:09 / July 11, 2024 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -85.9578° West, 11.5257° North, depth 187.497 km. Event id: us7000myjw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myjw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 187.497 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:09 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juigalpa, Ciudad Sandino, Carlos Fonseca Amador (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 7 km WNW of Belén, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.9578° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187.497 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km WNW of Belén, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-11 12:04:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 12:37:34 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 326 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000myjw Id of event.
Event Code 7000myjw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000myjw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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