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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Corinto in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on September 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.8785S, -87.6523WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngr0. Unique identifier: us7000ngr0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 03:39:31 / September 27, 2024 @ 3:39 am. Exact location of event, longitude -87.6523 West, latitude 11.8785 North, depth = 51.404 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.404 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:39:31 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was León, Posoltega, Chichigalpa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.6523° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.8785° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.404 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-27 03:39:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 03:58:30 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 400 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.021 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ngr0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngr0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngr0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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