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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Carazo, 33 km south of Masaya, Nicaragua, on Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 1:03 pm (GMT -6) -

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 150 km depth

1 Apr 19:07 UTC: First to report: INETER after 4 minutes.
1 Apr 19:21: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.8. Epicenter location corrected by 2.6 km (1.6 mi) towards E.
1 Apr 19:35: Magnitude recalculated from 3.8 to 4.0.
1 Apr 21:04: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Apr 1, 2023 19:03:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 1:03 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	150.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	11.6817°N / 86.1428°W (Carazo, Nicaragua)
Antipode	11.682°S / 93.857°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Mombacho (25 km / 16 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	8 km (5 mi) SE of La Conquista (pop: 919) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) SW of Nandaime (Granada) (pop: 20,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) SSE of Jinotepe (pop: 29,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Diriamba (pop: 35,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) S of Masatepe (Masaya) (pop: 21,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) SSE of San Marcos (pop: 23,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 52 km (32 mi) SSE of Managua (pop: 973,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) SE of Leon (León) (pop: 144,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 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
4.3	150 km	15 Km Al Norte De El Astillero, Nicaragua	USGS
4.3	150 km	Near Coast of Nicaragua	RaspberryShake
3.7	136 km	NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA	EMSC
4.2	138 km	33 Km Al Suroeste De Granada, Nicaragua.	RSN
4.0	136 km	Near the Coast of Nicaragua	INETER
4.3	10 km	Near Coast Of Nicaragua	IRIS

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User reports for this quake (1)

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Jinotepe, Nicaragua / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

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