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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on May 14, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.961S, -86.2473WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) was reported Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. The temblor was reported at 08:08:17 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 52.33 km (33 miles). Global time of event 14/05/15 / 2015-05-14 14:08:17 / May 14, 2015 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -86.2473 West, latitude 10.961 North, depth 52.33 km, unique identifier, us100028yd. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us100028yd,.

Close countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from San Marcos (c. 23 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nandaime (c. 20 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Diriomo, San Rafael del Sur.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.2473° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-14 14:08:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-14 14:27:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 401 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.977 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us100028yd Id of event.
Event Code 100028yd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100028yd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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