A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nagarote in Nicaragua on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 18:18:54 / October 1, 2025 @ 6:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 162.058 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:18:54 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -86.4944 West, latitude 12.1522 North, depth = 162.058 km. Id of earthquake: us6000riwv. Event ids that are associated: us6000riwv.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo, El Viejo, Chinandega (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 14 km SSE of Nagarote, Nicaragua.
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