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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 68 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.6489S, -87.1247WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, depth 44.782 km, -87.1247° West, 11.6489° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 15:26:19 / October 5, 2024 @ 3:26 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:19 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.782 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000nwqb. Event ids that are associated: us6000nwqb.

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corinto, León, Nagarote. Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 68 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.1247° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.6489° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.782 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 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 2024-10-05 15:26:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-05 17:25:31 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 284 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.991 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us6000nwqb Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwqb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwqb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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