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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near La Paz Centro in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on October 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.2095S, -86.7954WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from La Paz Centro in Nicaragua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 10:48:51 / October 17, 2025 @ 10:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.7954 West, latitude 12.2095 North, depth = 122.459 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.459 km (76 miles). Event id: us6000rhrt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhrt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:48:51 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Somotillo, Ciudad Darío, Diriomo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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. 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.

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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 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: 19 km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.7954° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.459 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-17 10:48:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-17 17:16:19 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 298 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.538 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000rhrt Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhrt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhrt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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