A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Potosí in Nicaragua. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.616 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcjt. Unique identifier: us7000pcjt. The temblor was reported at 23:56:10 / 11:56 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 event, depth 9.616 km, -85.8272° West, 11.6382° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 23:56:10 / February 9, 2025 @ 11:56 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camoapa, El Ayote, San Lorenzo. Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 16 km NNE of Potosí, Nicaragua.
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