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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 23 km NNE of Nagarote, Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.4703S, -86.5048WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Nagarote in Nicaragua. Exact location of event, longitude -86.5048 West, latitude 12.4703 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:14:56 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006prf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006prf. Global time and date of event 15/09/16 / 2016-09-15 07:14:56 / September 15, 2016 @ 7:14 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Matagalpa (c. 109 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nandaime, San Rafael del Norte, Boaco (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km NNE of Nagarote, Nicaragua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.5048° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.4703° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NNE of Nagarote, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-15 07:14:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-15 07:33:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 0.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us10006prf Id of event.
Event Code 10006prf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006prf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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