A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Villa El Carmen in Nicaragua. Id of earthquake: us6000nw5b. Event ids that are associated: us6000nw5b. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 19:41:01 / October 2, 2024 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:41:01 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -86.6932° West, latitude 11.9994° North, depth = 114.993 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.993 km (71 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Viejo, Chinandega, Granada.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 20 km W of Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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