A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 45.83 km, -87.2147° West, 11.5803° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 11:59:57 / May 31, 2024 @ 11:59 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:59:57 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqr7. Unique identifier: us7000mqr7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.83 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Sur, Carlos Fonseca Amador (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Carlos Fonseca Amador (c. 5 200 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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