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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on September 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6455S, -87.9205WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.446 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:24:05 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000npjr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npjr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/24 / 2024-09-03 20:24:05 / September 3, 2024 @ 8:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -87.9205° West, 12.6455° North, depth 66.446 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Tránsito, San Alejo, Chinandega (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from El Tránsito (c. 9 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.9205° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.446 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-03 20:24:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 20:05:47 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 271 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.908 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us6000npjr Id of event.
Event Code 6000npjr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npjr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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