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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Corinto in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.7061S, -87.3291WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 23:17:35 / June 23, 2018 @ 11:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.3291 West, latitude 11.7061 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:17:35 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ezxy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezxy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Realejo, Carlos Fonseca Amador, Corinto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km S of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.3291° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.7061° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km S of Corinto, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-23 23:17:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-23 23:36:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 1.001 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us1000ezxy Id of event.
Event Code 1000ezxy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ezxy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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