Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Corinto in Nicaragua

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Earthquake location 11.744S, -87.3936W A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Corinto in Nicaragua. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:04 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.3936 West, latitude 11.744 North, depth = 48.769 km. Event id: us7000qtwq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtwq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.769 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 20:03:04 / September 4, 2025 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinandega, La Paz Centro, Chichigalpa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from La Paz Centro (c. 23 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Posoltega (c. 6 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from El Realejo (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua.

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