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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on June 18, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6728S, -87.9324WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. The temblor was reported at 10:58:42 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 71.12 km (44 miles). Global time of event 18/06/15 / 2015-06-18 16:58:42 / June 18, 2015 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -87.9324 West, latitude 12.6728 North, depth 71.12 km, unique identifier, us10002k0d. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002k0d,.

Close countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chichigalpa, San Lorenzo, La Alianza.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.9324° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6728° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km W of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-18 16:58:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-18 20:57:43 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 340 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 0.861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10002k0d Id of event.
Event Code 10002k0d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002k0d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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