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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on February 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.3483S, -87.7001WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Saturday. 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: us7000pdyg. Id of event: us7000pdyg. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 11:13:15 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.7001 West, latitude 12.3483 North, depth = 60.611 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.611 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:13:15 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was León, Posoltega, Puerto Morazán.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.7001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3483° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.611 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-15 11:13:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-15 12:14:47 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 259 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.748 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us7000pdyg Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdyg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdyg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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