A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Potosí in Nicaragua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -85.8448 West, latitude 11.556 North, depth = 195.544 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 21:48:28 / September 5, 2025 @ 9:48 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000quax. Id of event: us7000quax. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:48:28 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 195.544 km (122 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Juigalpa (c. 54 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Lorenzo, El Ayote, Acoyapa (min 5000 pop). Close 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km N of Potosí, Nicaragua.

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