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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Cárdenas in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on June 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.1829S, -85.57WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cárdenas in Nicaragua. The epicenter was at a depth of 189.467 km (118 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/25 / 2025-06-29 11:37:42 / June 29, 2025 @ 11:37 am. Exact location of event, depth 189.467 km, -85.57° West, 11.1829° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:37:42 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000q9ic. Event ids that are associated: us7000q9ic.

Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Teresa, Diriomo, Granada. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nandaime (c. 20 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Carlos (c. 13 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Diriomo (c. 10 100 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 6 km WSW of Cárdenas, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.57° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1829° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 189.467 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km WSW of Cárdenas, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-29 11:37:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-29 11:49:43 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 312 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 0.395 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us7000q9ic Id of event.
Event Code 7000q9ic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q9ic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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