A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.79° West, latitude 12.536° North, depth = 69.619 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqf5. Unique identifier: us6000nqf5. The temblor was detected at 05:06:19 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.619 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 05:06:19 / September 8, 2024 @ 5:06 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Unión, Posoltega, Monjarás. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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