Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 13 km southwest of Managua, Nicaragua around noon
Sun, 6 Jun 2021, 18:43 18:43 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.5 quake 6 Jun 12:20 pm (GMT -6)
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the United States Geological Survey which listed the quake at magnitude 4.5 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Ciudad Sandino (pop. 50,000) located 10 km from the epicenter, El Crucero (pop. 16,500) 10 km away, Managua (pop. 973,100) 13 km away, San Marcos (pop. 23,300) 24 km away, San Rafael del Sur (pop. 29,800) 26 km away, Diriamba (pop. 35,000) 26 km away, Jinotepe (pop. 29,500) 30 km away, Masaya (pop. 130,100) 30 km away, Tipitapa (pop. 50,000) 31 km away, and Leon (pop. 144,500) 70 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: 6 Jun 2021 12:20 pm (GMT -6) local time (6 Jun 2021 18:20 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 139.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 12.07°N / 86.35°W
(Departamento de Managua, Nicaragua)Primary data source: EMSC
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