A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.067 km (34 miles). Global time and date of event 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 09:07:49 / March 13, 2025 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:49 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pyjd. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyjd. Exact location, longitude -87.7905° West, latitude 11.9506° North, depth = 55.067 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Realejo, Corinto (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 89 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua.
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