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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Corinto in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on August 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.1514S, -87.7211WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 23:06:49 / August 4, 2025 @ 11:06 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000qy49. Event ids that are associated: us6000qy49. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -87.7211° West, latitude 12.1514° North, depth = 35 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:49 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Puerto Morazán (c. 7 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Morazán, León, Posoltega (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 69 km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.7211° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1514° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km WSW 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 2025-08-04 23:06:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 03:59:10 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 326 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 190 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.435 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us6000qy49 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qy49 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qy49, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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