M 4.8 in Nicaragua on 11 Mar 2026 16:37 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 1528543
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 196.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.4953 , -85.7259
Event Date: 11 Mar 2026 16:37 UTC
11 Mar 2026 10:37 Local
Exposed Population:
2.7 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 11 Mar 2026 16:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s3n2 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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Latest media headlines

5.0-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/11/2026 9:21:00 PM.

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Nicaragua at 1637 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 199.5 km, was initially determined to be at 1
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5.0-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/11/2026 9:20:00 PM.

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Nicaragua at 1637 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 199.5 km, was initially determined to be at 1
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5.0-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/11/2026 5:31:00 PM.

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.
5.0-magnitude quake hits Nicaragua -- GFZ 3/11/2026 5:02:00 PM.

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Nicaragua at 1637 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 199.5 km, was initially determined to be at 1
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),