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Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 74 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua, on Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 4:07 pm (GMT -6) -

Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 24 km depth

4 Dec 22:11 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 4, 2022 22:07:03 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 4:07 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.6
Depth	24.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	12.84°N / 87.78°W (North Pacific Ocean, Nicaragua)
Antipode	12.84°S / 92.22°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Cosigüina (28 km / 17 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	36 km (23 mi) W of San Francisco (pop: 856) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) WNW of El Viejo (pop: 53,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) WNW of Chinandega (pop: 126,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) WNW of Corinto (pop: 19,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SSE of San Miguel (El Salvador) (pop: 161,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) WNW of Chichigalpa (pop: 33,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 108 km (67 mi) WNW of Leon (pop: 144,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) WNW of Managua (pop: 973,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Few Clouds 28.7°C (84 F), humidity: 66%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10⁸ joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.6	24 km	NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA	EMSC
2.6	24 km	Near Coast of Nicaragua	RaspberryShake
2.6	24 km	12 Km Al Suroeste De Punta Cosigüina, Nicaragua	INETER

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 146 km / 91 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: 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: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.6, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

There are no user reports for this quake.

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