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Strong mag. 5.3 Earthquake - 22 km north of Pearl Lagoon, Laguna de Perlas, Atlantico Sur, Nicaragua, on Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020 04:16 am (Managua time)

Strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

14 Oct 10:21 UTC: First to report: INETER after 5 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 14, 2020 10:16:16 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020 04:16 am (America/Managua GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	12.536°N / 83.712°W Atlantico Sur, Nicaragua
Antipode	12.536°S / 96.288°E
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Volcán Azul (17 km / 11 mi)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 23.5°C (74 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	5.6 x 10¹² joules (1.56 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1344 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Nearby places

Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
22 km (14 mi) SSE of epicenter	Pearl Lagoon (pop: 6,810)	V Moderate	Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
58 km (36 mi) S of epicenter	Bluefields (pop: 44,400)	IV Light	Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
61 km (38 mi) WNW of epicenter	El Tortuguero (pop: 1,290)	IV Light	Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
69 km (43 mi) SW of epicenter	Rama (pop: 20,500)	IV Light	Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
81 km (50 mi) ESE of epicenter	Great Corn Island (pop: 8,010)	IV Light	Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
124 km (77 mi) SW of epicenter	Nueva Guinea (pop: 52,900)	III Weak	NI.18.9612993, Atlantico Sur	Nicaragua
279 km (174 mi) W of epicenter	Managua (pop: 973,100)	III Weak	Departamento de Managua	Nicaragua
292 km (182 mi) S of epicenter	San Jose (pop: 335,000)	III Weak	San José, Provincia de San José	Costa Rica
344 km (214 mi) W of epicenter	Leon (pop: 144,500)	II Very weak	Departamento de Leon	Nicaragua
416 km (258 mi) WNW of epicenter	Tegucigalpa (pop: 850,800)	II Very weak	Tegucigalpa	Honduras

Notes:
(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
5.3	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2020-10-14 10:16:16	22 Km Al Norte De Laguna De Perlas, Nicaragua	INETER

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Las Juntas de Abangares, Costa Rica (JTS/II network) | Distance from quake: 284 km / 176 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Las Juntas de Abangares, Costa Rica: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.1-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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