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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Masachapa in Nicaragua

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Masachapa in Nicaragua on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rv7u. Id of event: us6000rv7u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 04:55:51 / December 16, 2025 @ 4:55 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:55:51 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.4593 West, latitude 11.5921 North, depth = 81.624 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.624 km (51 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Paz Centro, Tipitapa, Nagarote (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

Each 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. 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 thirty-eight 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. 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: 22 km SSE of Masachapa, Nicaragua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-86.4593° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5921° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	81.624 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km SSE of Masachapa, Nicaragua	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-16 04:55:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-16 05:16:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.1	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.227	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	us6000rv7u	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rv7u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rv7u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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