M 4.5 in Nicaragua on 27 Mar 2026 14:55 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 1531368
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 118.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.5984 , -87.3158
Event Date: 27 Mar 2026 14:55 UTC
27 Mar 2026 08:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1.9 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 27 Mar 2026 16:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s83h Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

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

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A very shallow magnitude 5.7 earthquake was reported in the morning near Managua, Departamento de Managua, Nicaragua. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Thursday, March 26th, 2026, at 11:15
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),