A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Paz Centro in Nicaragua. The temblor was reported at 14:12:30 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.62 km (63 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/17 / 2017-11-14 20:12:30 / November 14, 2017 @ 8:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bti3. Unique identifier: us2000bti3. Exact location of earthquake, -86.8917° West, 12.1199° North, depth 100.62 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Niquinohomo, Masaya, Tipitapa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Close 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua.
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