M 4.5 in Nicaragua on 22 Sep 2021 10:20 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 1286700
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.1579 , -87.71
Event Date: 22 Sep 2021 10:20 UTC
22 Sep 2021 04:20 Local
Exposed Population:
510 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2021 10:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000fde5 Scaled population (vector) 4.82  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 1.02  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 49 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

SECOUSSES Un séisme de magnitude 6,5 secoue le Nicaragua Cet événement ... 2021-09-23T16:23+0200.

Un séisme à faible profondeur d’une magnitude de 6,5 s’est produit tôt mercredi au large de la côte occidentale du Nicaragua , a annoncé l’Institut d’études géologiques des Etats-Unis (USGS). Cet événement n’a pas fait de victime ou de dégâ
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near coast of Nicaragua- EMSC2021-09-23T11:18+0200.

– A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near the coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre ( EMSC ) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 kilometers (24.85 miles). The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there
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Magnitude-6.5 Earthquake Recorded Off Coast of Nicaragua2021-09-23T10:49+0200.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua —The U.S. Geological Survey says there has been an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nicaragua. The quake, which was at a moderate depth of 30 kilometers (20 miles) occur
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Séisme de magnitude 6,5 au large du Nicaragua2021-09-23T00:15+0200.

Un séisme à faible profondeur d’une magnitude de 6,5 s’est produit tôt mercredi au large de la côte occidentale du Nicaragua, a annoncé l’Institut d’études géologiques des États-Unis (USGS). Le tremblement de terre n’a pas fait de victimes
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),