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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 42 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua

Posted by admin on August 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.5669S, -86.8357WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 12:38:23 / August 7, 2024 @ 12:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:38:23 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.486 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000nim4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nim4. Exact location of earthquake, -86.8357° West, 11.5669° North, depth 60.486 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Granada, Belén, León (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 42 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.8357° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.486 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km SW 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 12:38:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 12:52:43 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 385 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 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.816 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us6000nim4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nim4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nim4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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