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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 33 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.6452S, -86.7876WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 12:36:44 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -86.7876° West, 11.6452° North, depth 62.809 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 12:36:44 / August 7, 2024 @ 12:36 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000nim2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nim2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 62.809 km (39 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was León, Diriomo, Masaya (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 33 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.7876° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.6452° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.809 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-07 12:36:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 13:12:12 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.727 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000nim2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nim2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nim2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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