A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.282 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:12 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -87.4942° West, 11.739° North, depth 34.282 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n8h2. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8h2. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 14:13:12 / August 21, 2024 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Realejo, Corinto (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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