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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 69 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.2276S, -86.8009WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 13:07:02 / January 6, 2025 @ 1:07 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pi5m. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi5m. The temblor was detected at 13:07:02 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -86.8009° West, 11.2276° North, depth 43.805 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.805 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Dolores (c. 7 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Teresa (c. 5 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dolores, Diriamba, Carlos Fonseca Amador (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 69 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.8009° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.2276° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.805 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-06 13:07:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-06 15:54:14 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 298 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.064 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us6000pi5m Id of event.
Event Code 6000pi5m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pi5m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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