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Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - 92 km al Suroeste de Leon, Nicaragua. on Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - 92 km al Suroeste de Leon, Nicaragua. on Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Date & time: Wed, 12 Sep 18:29:00 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 12 de septiembre del 2018 12:29 am
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 31.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 11.875°N / 87.207°W (Nicaragua)
Nearest volcano: Cerro Negro (89 km)
Primary data source: RSN
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource

"I felt it" reports:
(207.4 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking) (via app)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 19 Sep 2018
Wed, 19 Sep 00:59 UTCM 4.5 / 128 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 19 Sep 07:21 UTCM 2.6 / 120 km - [info]9 km al Suroeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Fri, 21 Sep 2018
Fri, 21 Sep 09:32 UTCM 4.3 / 40.4 km - [info]- 86km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua[Map]USGS
Mon, 24 Sep 2018
Mon, 24 Sep 00:40 UTCM 4.7 / 51 km - [info]Near Coast of Nicaragua[Map]GFZ
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
Thu, 27 Sep 09:33 UTCM 3.3 / 129 km - [info]22 km al Oeste de Rivas, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Sun, 7 Oct 2018
Sun, 7 Oct 00:26 UTCM 4.9 / 49.7 km - [info]- 67km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador[Map]USGS
Sun, 7 Oct 05:39 UTCM 3.9 / 18 km - [info]46 km al Oeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
Wed, 10 Oct 08:01 UTCM 4.7 / 36 km - [info]- 81km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua[Map]USGS
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
Tue, 16 Oct 05:49 UTCM 3.8 / 32 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Fri, 19 Oct 09:33 UTCM 4.0 / 14 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Sat, 20 Oct 03:57 UTCM 4.4 / 10 km - [info]- 93km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador[Map]USGS
Mon, 29 Oct 2018
Mon, 29 Oct 04:14 UTCM 3.8 / 37 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 31 Oct 2018
Wed, 31 Oct 17:47 UTCM 4.8 / 77 km - [info]Near Coast of Nicaragua[Map]GFZ
Thu, 1 Nov 2018
Thu, 1 Nov 12:52 UTCM 4.6 / 3 km - [info]90 km al Oeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Mon, 5 Nov 2018
Mon, 5 Nov 07:27 UTCM 4.5 / 40.4 km - [info]- 86km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador[Map]USGS
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
Tue, 6 Nov 04:14 UTCM 3.6 / 13 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Wed, 7 Nov 2018
Wed, 7 Nov 17:32 UTCM 4.6 / 73 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Sat, 10 Nov 2018
Sat, 10 Nov 05:20 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info]- 70km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua[Map]USGS
Wed, 21 Nov 2018
Wed, 21 Nov 21:48 UTCM 3.9 / 52 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Thu, 22 Nov 2018
Thu, 22 Nov 20:49 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Tue, 27 Nov 2018
Tue, 27 Nov 09:02 UTCM 3.6 / 66 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Tue, 27 Nov 15:42 UTCM 4.2 / 52 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Fri, 30 Nov 2018
Fri, 30 Nov 10:42 UTCM 3.8 / 23 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Fri, 30 Nov 22:43 UTCM 4.1 / 46 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Mon, 3 Dec 2018
Mon, 3 Dec 09:07 UTCM 4.5 / 41.5 km - [info]- 94km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador[Map]USGS
Thu, 6 Dec 2018
Thu, 6 Dec 09:43 UTCM 4.9 / 159 km - [info] Nicaragua[Map]GFZ
Fri, 14 Dec 2018
Fri, 14 Dec 00:52 UTCM 4.6 / 54 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Fri, 14 Dec 05:03 UTCM 3.5 / 30 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Mon, 17 Dec 2018
Mon, 17 Dec 08:59 UTCM 3.2 / 80 km - [info]38 km al Oeste de Rivas, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Mon, 17 Dec 19:33 UTCM 4.8 / 59 km - [info]Near Coast of Nicaragua[Map]GFZ
Thu, 20 Dec 2018
Thu, 20 Dec 08:52 UTCM 4.5 / 39 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Sat, 22 Dec 2018
Sat, 22 Dec 05:17 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]- 81km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua[Map]USGS
Thu, 27 Dec 2018
Thu, 27 Dec 08:22 UTCM 4.4 / 116 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Fri, 28 Dec 2018
Fri, 28 Dec 02:20 UTCM 4.8 / 48 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Fri, 28 Dec 02:51 UTCM 4.8 / 46.8 km - [info]- 92km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador[Map]USGS

 

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