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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 12.3893S, -87.9555WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.9555° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.577 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-24 19:24:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-29 21:08:14 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 284 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.962 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us7000rklb Id of event.
Event Code 7000rklb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rklb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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