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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on December 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.1993S, -85.7653WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 17:47:53 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -85.7653° West, latitude 11.1993° North, depth = 94.353 km. 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 94.353 km (59 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/24 / 2024-12-25 17:47:53 / December 25, 2024 @ 5:47 pm. Event id: us6000pfl4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfl4.

The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Jinotepe (c. 29 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nindirí, La Concepción, Masaya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 12 km ESE of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.7653° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.353 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ESE of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-25 17:47:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 19:03:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 326 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000pfl4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfl4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfl4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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