II IIIIII IVIV VV Managua Managua 0 50 100 Km

Earthquake Green Shaking Alert M 5.5, NICARAGUA Origin Time: Wed 2016-09-28 16:48:55 UTC (10:48:55 local) PAGER o o Location: 12.45 N 86.53 W Depth: 7 km Version 2 Created: 4 hours, 54 minutes after earthquake Estimated Fatalities Green alert for shaking-related fatalities Estimated Economic Losses and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage. 65% 68% 30% 30% 4% 2% 1 100 10,000 1 100 10,000 10 1,000 100,000 10 1,000 100,000 Fatalities USD (Millions) Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking ESTIMATED POPULATION - -* 7,694k 2,439k 72k 5k 0 0 0 0 EXPOSURE (k = x1000) ESTIMATED MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY PERCEIVED SHAKING Not felt Weak Light Moderate Strong Very Strong Severe Violent Extreme Resistant none none none V. Light Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy POTENTIAL Structures DAMAGE Vulnerable Structures none none none Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy V. Heavy *Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area. Population Exposure population per ~1 sq. km from Landscan Structures: Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to IIIIII earthquake shaking, though some resistant IIIIII 88°W 87°W 86°W structures exist. Historical Earthquakes (with MMI levels): Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking (UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths SanSan MiquelMiquel SanSan MiquelMiquel OrocuinaOrocuina SomotoSomotoSomoto 13.5°N 1995-06-14 197 6.5 V(561k) 0 SanSanSan LorenzoLorenzoLorenzo SanSanSan MarcosMarcosMarcos dedede ColonColonColon CondegaCondega 1996-03-03 54 6.7 VIII(46k) 0 UsulutanUsulutan LaLaLa UnionUnionUnion CiudadCiudad CholutecaCholuteca SanSanSan SebastianSebastianSebastian dedede YaliYaliYali ChirilaguaChirilagua IIIIIIIII WaslalaWaslala 2000-07-06 76 5.4 VII(173k) 7 ChirilaguaChirilagua MonjarasMonjaras SanSanSan RafaelRafaelRafael deldeldel NorteNorteNorte WaslalaWaslala ElElEl TriunfoTriunfoTriunfo Recent earthquakes in this area have caused ElElEl TriunfoTriunfoTriunfo EsteliEsteli JinotegaJinotegaJinotega SomotilloSomotilloSomotillo secondary hazards such as landslides and MatagalpaMatagalpa RioRio BlancoBlanco fires that might have contributed to losses. ElElEl SauceSauceSauce PuertoPuertoPuerto MorazanMorazanMorazan MatiguasMatiguas SantaSantaSanta RosaRosaRosa deldeldel PenonPenonPenon BocanaBocana dede PaiwasPaiwas JiquililloJiquililloJiquilillo MuyMuy MuyMuy BocanaBocana dede PaiwasPaiwas JiquililloJiquililloJiquilillo CiudadCiudad DarioDario LarreynagaLarreynagaLarreynaga ChinandegaChinandega LarreynagaLarreynagaLarreynaga SanSanSan JoseJoseJose dedede losloslos RematesRematesRemates ElElEl RealejoRealejoRealejo TelicaTelicaTelica ValleValle SanSan FranciscoFrancisco CorintoCorinto BoacoBoaco 12.5°N LeonLeon BoacoBoaco VV VVV CamoapaCamoapa LaLaLa PazPazPaz CentroCentroCentro NagaroteNagarote CuapaCuapa SantoSantoSanto DomingoDomingoDomingo Selected City Exposure ManaguaManagua ElElEl AyoteAyoteAyote from GeoNames.org ManaguaManagua JuigalpaJuigalpaJuigalpa IVIVIV TismaTismaTisma VillaVilla SandinoSandino MMI City Population CarlosCarlos FonsecaFonsecaMasayaMasaya AmadorAmador AcoyapaAcoyapa MasatepeMasatepe V La Paz Centro 23k JinotepeJinotepeJinotepe MasachapaMasachapa NandaimeNandaime V Nagarote 26k MorritoMorrito V La Paz Centro < 1k MoyogalpaMoyogalpa BelenBelen 11.5°N IV Larreynaga 8k RivasRivas IV Quezalguaque 2k SanSanSan JuanJuanJuan deldeldel SurSurSur CardenasCardenas IV Leon 145k LaLaLa CruzCruzCruz IV Managua 973k kmSanSanSan JoseJoseJose IV Chinandega 126k III Masaya 130k 0 50 BijaguaBijagua100 FortunaFortunaFortuna LiberiaLiberiaLiberia II Tegucigalpa 851k SardinalSardinalSardinal BagacesBagaces bold cities appear on map (k = x1000) SardinalSardinalSardinal 10.5°N PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006tk4 Event ID: us10006tk4.

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