Overall Green Earthquake in Nicaragua on 26 Mar 2026 17:15 UTC

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M 5.5 in Nicaragua on 26 Mar 2026 17:15 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1531215
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	155.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.1114 , -86.3881
Event Date:	26 Mar 2026 17:15 UTC 26 Mar 2026 11:15 Local
Exposed Population:	510 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	26 Mar 2026 17:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000s7w6	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Latest media headlines

Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - 99 km southwest of Managua, Departamento .. 3/30/2026 7:55:00 AM.

5.7-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/26/2026 9:55:00 PM.

5.7-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/26/2026 9:50:00 PM.

Terremoto Nicaragua, scossa di magnitudo stimata 5.3 a Ciudad Sandino,.. 3/26/2026 6:17:00 PM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),

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