A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzmv. Unique identifier: us7000nzmv. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.919 km (33 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 21:03:25 / December 17, 2024 @ 9:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -87.8617° West, 12.1792° North, depth 52.919 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:25 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chinandega, El Viejo, El Realejo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.
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