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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Telica in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Telica in Nicaragua. Event id: us7000npsr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000npsr. The temblor was reported at 02:36:03 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 02:36:03 / November 4, 2024 @ 2:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -86.7874° West, 12.7261° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Norte, Carlos Fonseca Amador, Managua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 23 km NNE of Telica, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.7874° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.7261° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km NNE of Telica, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-04 02:36:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-04 04:40:40	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	271	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.23	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	109	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	us7000npsr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000npsr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000npsr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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