A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tola in Nicaragua on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 23:00:10 / December 29, 2024 @ 11:00 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -85.9452 West, latitude 11.3395 North, depth = 103.074 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgcx. Unique identifier: us6000pgcx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:00:10 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.074 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tisma, El Crucero, Ticuantepe. Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
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-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km S of Tola, Nicaragua.
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