A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. The temblor was reported at 19:24:49 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 19:24:49 / December 24, 2025 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.9555 West, latitude 12.3893 North, depth = 52.577 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.577 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000rklb. Event ids that are associated: us7000rklb.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Viejo, El Realejo, Corinto. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 67 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.
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