SummaryMapsTestimonies Medias Scientific data
Magnitude4.0
RegionNEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
Date time2026-02-28 23:35:06.0 UTC
Location12.574 ; -88.005
Depth200 km
Distance95 km WSW of Chinandega, Nicaragua / pop: 126,000 / local time: 17:35:06.0 2026-02-28
73 km SSE of Chirilagua, El Salvador / pop: 6,300 / local time: 17:35:06.0 2026-02-28
Source parameters provided by:

Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
All data providers for this event:
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
Further information can be found at:
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
Servicio Sismologico Nacional, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM -- Mexico City, Mexico (UNM)
Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET El Salvador) -- San Salvador, El Salvador (MARN)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)