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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near La Paz Centro in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.0435S, -86.9037WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from La Paz Centro in Nicaragua. Exact location, longitude -86.9037° West, latitude 12.0435° North, depth = 72.54 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 01:48:21 / April 28, 2018 @ 1:48 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:48:21 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dtrv. Unique identifier: us1000dtrv. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.54 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nandaime, Tisma, Diriomo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.9037° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-28 01:48:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-28 02:33:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 327 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 0.496 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us1000dtrv Id of event.
Event Code 1000dtrv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dtrv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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