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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 11.014S, -87.0495WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua (64 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 11:01:51 / March 3, 2025 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -87.0495 West, latitude 11.014 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:01:51 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pwl7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwl7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 103 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.0495° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.014° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-03 11:01:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-03 11:25:54 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 369 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.374 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us6000pwl7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwl7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwl7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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