A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 15:36:16 / December 12, 2016 @ 3:36 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.06 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:36:16 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -87.7675° West, latitude 12.1295° North, depth = 56.06 km. Id of earthquake: us20008086. Event ids that are associated: us20008086.
Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chichigalpa, Chinandega, El Viejo (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 75 km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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