Latest today See all | Mag. 2.2 earthquake North Pacific Ocean - Leon, Nicaragua - |
Strongest today | Mag. 4.6 7.9 km southwest of San Jose - San Jose, Costa Rica - |
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Jun 26, 01:35 am (Managua) | 2.2 65 km | 21 km (13 mi) to the W | ![]() | Info | |
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 GMT (7 quakes) | |||||
Jun 25, 01:33 pm (GMT -6) | 2.9 28 km | 71 km (44 mi) to the W | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 25, 06:22 am (Costa Rica) | 2.2 13 km | 99 km (62 mi) to the S | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 25, 05:28 am (GMT -6) | 2.9 7 km | 99 km (62 mi) to the SW | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 25, 05:28 am (GMT -6) | 3.6 7 km | 95 km (59 mi) to the SW | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 24, 10:37 pm (Costa Rica) | 2.2 9 km | 96 km (60 mi) to the S | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 24, 07:41 pm (Costa Rica) | 3.0 9 km | 96 km (60 mi) to the S | ![]() | Info | |
Jun 24, 06:34 pm (GMT -6) | 2.8 29 km | 49 km (30 mi) to the W | ![]() | Info | |
Monday, June 24, 2024 GMT (8 quakes) | |||||
Jun 24, 04:48 pm (Costa Rica) | 4.6 9 km | 96 km (60 mi) to the S | ![]() | Info |
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Nicaragua has a high level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,900 quakes on average per year in Nicaragua. Nicaragua has had at least 10 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 10 to 15 years.
On average, Nicaragua has about 730 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 120 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 8.4 quakes per year).
The last earthquake in Nicaragua occurred 1 hour and 58 minutes ago and had a magnitude of 2.2:
A light magnitude 2.2 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Nicaragua in the early morning of Wednesday, Jun 26, 2024 at 1.35 am local time (America/Managua GMT -6). The quake had a shallow depth of 65 km (40 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
In the past 24 hours, Nicaragua was shaken by 0 quakes of magnitude 4.0 or above and 1 quake of magnitude 2.2.
The strongest earthquake in Nicaragua in the past 24 hours had a magnitude of 4.6 and occurred 1 day 11 hours ago:
A strong magnitude 4.6 earthquake hit 7.9 km (4.9 mi) away from San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica, in the afternoon of Monday, Jun 24, 2024 at 4.48 pm local time (America/Costa Rica GMT -6). The quake had a very shallow depth of 9 km (5.6 mi) and was felt widely in the area.
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