A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 05:16:45 / April 3, 2025 @ 5:16 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.623 km (20 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:16:45 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q3l6. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3l6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.7682 West, latitude 12.248 North, depth = 31.623 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Morazán, Posoltega, Chichigalpa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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