A 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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