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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Nagarote in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on August 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.1264S, -86.6836WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nagarote in Nicaragua on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.392 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 18:32:31 / August 1, 2025 @ 6:32 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:32:31 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.6836 West, latitude 12.1264 North, depth = 121.392 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qxg4. Event ids that are associated: us6000qxg4.

The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Morazán, Ciudad Darío, El Sauce (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 20 km SW of Nagarote, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.6836° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1264° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.392 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SW of Nagarote, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-01 18:32:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 21:19:53 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 354 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.426 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us6000qxg4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qxg4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qxg4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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