A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Tola in Nicaragua on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:44:00 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.848 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n16y. Unique identifier: us6000n16y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 02:44:00 / May 27, 2024 @ 2:44 am. Exact location, longitude -86.2643° West, latitude 11.3614° North, depth = 65.848 km.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Sandino, Managua, Tisma.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km WSW of Tola, Nicaragua.
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