A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 34.14 km, -87.3888° West, 11.7631° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000642e. Unique identifier: us2000642e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.14 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:36:44 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 10:36:44 / June 13, 2016 @ 10:36 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, Chichigalpa, Posoltega. Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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