A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Jinotepe in Nicaragua. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dz6f. Id of event: us1000dz6f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 05:19:21 / May 6, 2018 @ 5:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 146.16 km (91 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:21 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 146.16 km, -86.1979° West, 11.8294° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciudad Darío, León, Camoapa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 2 km S of Jinotepe, Nicaragua.
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