Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Corinto in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -87.5592° West, 11.9294° North, depth 46.732 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 01:30:30 / December 12, 2024 @ 1:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph4y. Id of event: us6000ph4y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.732 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:30:30 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was León, Posoltega, Chichigalpa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 74 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.5592° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.9294° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.732 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74 km 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	2024-12-12 01:30:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-05 01:19:08	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	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.301	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	187	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	us6000ph4y	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ph4y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ph4y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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