Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Masachapa in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.535 km (25 miles). Global time and date of event 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 22:26:35 / August 26, 2024 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nmyg. Event ids that are associated: us6000nmyg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 39.535 km, -86.8293° West, 11.5999° North. The temblor was picked up at 22:26:35 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masaya, Diriomo, Nindirí (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 40 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.8293° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5999° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.535 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km WSW 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	2024-08-26 22:26:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-24 03:50:14	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	259	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.788	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169	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	us6000nmyg	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nmyg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nmyg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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