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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.3326S, -88.2385WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:31:48 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -88.2385 West, latitude 12.3326 North, depth = 46.11 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwj2. Id of event: us7000nwj2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 15:31:48 / November 21, 2024 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.11 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Chirilagua (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chirilagua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 96 km WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.2385° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3326° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 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 2024-11-21 15:31:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 16:20:50 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 340 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us7000nwj2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwj2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwj2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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