A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The temblor was reported at 08:03:02 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000738v. Event ids that are associated: us1000738v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -87.6953 West, latitude 12.1387 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 14:03:02 / October 31, 2016 @ 2:03 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was León, Posoltega, Chichigalpa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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