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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.7903S, -87.0696WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, longitude -87.0696 West, latitude 11.7903 North, depth = 58.116 km. Unique identifier: us6000nnp7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnp7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 14:03:40 / August 30, 2024 @ 2:03 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:03:40 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.116 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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 Santa Teresa, Dolores, Diriamba (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 60 km W of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.0696° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.7903° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km W 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 2024-08-30 14:03:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 14:15:04 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.879 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us6000nnp7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnp7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnp7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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