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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 62 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.1S, -87.5916WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Friday. The temblor was reported at 12:20:21 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us600062yp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600062yp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.87 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/19 / 2019-10-25 18:20:21 / October 25, 2019 @ 6:20 pm. Exact location, longitude -87.5916° West, latitude 12.1° North, depth = 38.87 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Telica (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Telica, León, Posoltega (min 5000 pop).

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 fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.5916° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km SW 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 2019-10-25 18:20:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-25 22:00:18 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 271 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 0.813 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 188 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 us600062yp Id of event.
Event Code 600062yp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600062yp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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