Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Corinto in Nicaragua

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.46 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 17:46:59 / October 31, 2018 @ 5:46 pm. Event id: us2000i4sw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i4sw. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.3513 West, latitude 12.0404 North, depth = 63.46 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:46:59 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, Puerto Morazán, Nagarote. Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 52 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.3513° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.0404° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52km SSW 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	2018-10-31 17:46:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-01 16:20:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	340	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	0.715	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us2000i4sw	Id of event.
Event Code	2000i4sw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000i4sw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.3513° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.0404° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

63.46 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

52km SSW 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

2018-10-31 17:46:59

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-11-01 16:20:43

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

2.7

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.715

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.04 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

140

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000i4sw

Id of event.

Event Code

2000i4sw

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000i4sw,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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