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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Corinto in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on April 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.1465S, -87.346WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Monday. Event id: us6000q4ia. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4ia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.346° West, latitude 12.1465° North, depth = 53.455 km. The temblor was detected at 11:40:33 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.455 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 11:40:33 / April 7, 2025 @ 11:40 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nagarote, Puerto Morazán (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Nagarote (c. 26 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 41 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.346° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.455 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW 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 2025-04-07 11:40:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-22 13:35:20 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.632 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us6000q4ia Id of event.
Event Code 6000q4ia An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q4ia, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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