Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000px81. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000px81. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 19:08:16 / February 25, 2025 @ 7:08 pm. Exact location, longitude -87.7075° West, latitude 12.4052° North, depth = 66.233 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.233 km (41 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:08:16 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Telica, León, Posoltega (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Telica (c. 8 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.7075° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.4052° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.233 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km SW 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	2025-02-25 19:08:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-06 17:24:33	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.73	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	179	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	us6000px81	Id of event.
Event Code	6000px81	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000px81,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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