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Magnitude2.7
RegionNICARAGUA
Date time2026-09-17 18:10:40.0 UTC
Location12.700 ; -86.950
Depth6 km
Distance30 km NNW of León, Nicaragua / pop: 144,000 / local time: 12:10:40.0 2026-09-17
21 km ENE of Chinandega, Nicaragua / pop: 126,000 / local time: 12:10:40.0 2026-09-17
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Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
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Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Further information can be found at:
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
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)