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Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA on Thursday, 20 December 2018

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA on Thursday, 20 December 2018
Date & time: Thu, 20 Dec 08:52:36 UTC
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 39.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 12.09°N / 87.74°W (Nicaragua)
Nearest volcano: Cosigüina (101 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 20 Dec 2018
Thu, 20 Dec 08:52 UTCM 4.5 / 38.8 km- 74km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua[Map]USGS

"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 22 Dec 2018
Sat, 22 Dec 05:17 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]- 81km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua[Map]USGS
Sun, 23 Dec 2018
Sun, 23 Dec 11:34 UTCM 3.6 / 65 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
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
Mon, 31 Dec 2018
Mon, 31 Dec 22:30 UTCM 4.0 / 38 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Sat, 5 Jan 2019
Sat, 5 Jan 11:19 UTCM 4.5 / 71 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Tue, 15 Jan 03:10 UTCM 4.5 / 71 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Tue, 15 Jan 03:41 UTCM 5.2 / 58 km - [info]Near Coast of Nicaragua[Map]GFZ
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Wed, 16 Jan 09:05 UTCM 3.7 / 35 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Sat, 19 Jan 2019
Sat, 19 Jan 03:12 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info] OFF THE COAST OF EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Mon, 21 Jan 2019
Mon, 21 Jan 15:40 UTCM 4.1 / 56 km - [info]20 km al Suroeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
Thu, 24 Jan 16:20 UTCM 4.9 / 61 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Fri, 25 Jan 2019
Fri, 25 Jan 18:29 UTCM 4.0 / 24 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Tue, 29 Jan 22:52 UTCM 4.5 / 65 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 2019
Wed, 30 Jan 01:48 UTCM 3.9 / 15 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 11:41 UTCM 4.5 / 60 km - [info]NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
Thu, 31 Jan 15:32 UTCM 3.3 / 135 km - [info]41 km al Oeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[Map]RSN
Sat, 2 Feb 2019
Sat, 2 Feb 02:53 UTCM 3.7 / 67 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
Wed, 6 Feb 00:22 UTCM 3.5 / 33 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Sat, 9 Feb 2019
Sat, 9 Feb 10:03 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info] OFF THE COAST OF EL SALVADOR[Map]EMSC
Thu, 14 Feb 2019
Thu, 14 Feb 00:44 UTCM 3.9 / 67 km - [info] OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
I FELT IT		[Map]EMSC

 

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