A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Somotillo in Nicaragua. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.75 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 13:19:43 / June 10, 2016 @ 1:19 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us200063i5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063i5. Exact location, longitude -86.9131° West, latitude 12.9515° North, depth = 2.75 km. The temblor was reported at 07:19:43 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Estelí (c. 96 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ocotal (c. 33 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Norte, Nacaome, Ocotal.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km S of Somotillo, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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