A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 00:22:52 / September 1, 2025 @ 12:22 am. Exact location, longitude -87.1342° West, latitude 11.8758° North, depth = 50.175 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcu3. Unique identifier: us6000rcu3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.175 km (31 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:22:52 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Sandino, El Crucero, El Viejo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Sur (c. 29 800 pop). 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km S of Corinto, Nicaragua. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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