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

Posted by admin on November 2, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.5231S, -87.9772WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 19:59:15 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.328 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000npl2. Event ids that are associated: us7000npl2. Exact location of event, longitude -87.9772 West, latitude 12.5231 North, depth = 68.328 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 19:59:15 / November 2, 2024 @ 7:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Usulután, Puerto El Triunfo, San Rafael Oriente. Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from San Rafael Oriente (c. 19 100 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 62 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.9772° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.328 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-02 19:59:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-02 20:14:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 401 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000npl2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000npl2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npl2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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