Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 47 km depth1 Jun 16:07 UTC: First to report: INETER after 8 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJun 1, 2026 15:58:58 UTC - Local time at epicenterMonday, Jun 1, 2026, at 09:58 am (GMT -6)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude3.9Depth47 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude12.318°N / 88.191°WNicaraguaAlso near: El Salvador 93 km (58 mi) awaySeismic antipode12.318°S / 91.809°EShaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceINETERNearest volcanoCosigüina (100 km / 62 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 29.5°C (85 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NEEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy9 minutes agoJun 1, 2026 15:58 GMT / Jun 1, 2026 09:58 am (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 12.318 / -88.191: 85 km Al Suroeste De Punta Cosigüina, NicaraguaSource: INETERDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23055304',12.31800,-88.19100,'9 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, 85 km Al Suroeste De Punta Cosigüina, Nicaragua',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in NicaraguaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Jiquilillo, a town with 4,100 inhabitants in Nicaragua, in 93 km (58 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of Nicaragua, Managua, 212 km (132 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry93 km (58 mi)NE of epicenterJiquilillo(pop: 4,140)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua99 km (61 mi)N of epicenterIntipuca(pop: 3,540)II: Very weakDepartamento de La UnionEl Salvador104 km (65 mi)N of epicenterJucuaran(pop: 1,640)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador112 km (70 mi)E of epicenterCorinto(pop: 19,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua114 km (71 mi)N of epicenterPuerto El Triunfo(pop: 19,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador117 km (73 mi)N of epicenterUsulutan(pop: 51,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador118 km (73 mi)E of epicenterEl Viejo(pop: 53,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua120 km (74 mi)N of epicenterLa Union(pop: 26,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de La UnionEl Salvador120 km (74 mi)N of epicenterSan Rafael Oriente(pop: 19,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MiguelEl Salvador120 km (75 mi)E of epicenterChinandega(pop: 126,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua123 km (76 mi)NE of epicenterAmapala(pop: 2,140)II: Very weakDepartamento de ValleHonduras125 km (78 mi)E of epicenterPoneloya(pop: 4,230)II: Very weakDepartamento de LeonNicaragua126 km (78 mi)NE of epicenterPuerto Morazan(pop: 7,670)II: Very weakMunicipio de Puerto Morazan, Departamento de ChinandegaNicaragua126 km (78 mi)N of epicenterSan Alejo(pop: 5,150)II: Very weakDepartamento de La UnionEl Salvador129 km (80 mi)E of epicenterChichigalpa(pop: 33,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua130 km (81 mi)N of epicenterSan Miguel(pop: 247,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MiguelEl Salvador132 km (82 mi)N of epicenterSan Agustin(pop: 2,150)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador132 km (82 mi)NE of epicenterMonjaras(pop: 6,770)II: Very weakMarcovia, Departamento de CholutecaHonduras133 km (83 mi)N of epicenterSantiago de Maria(pop: 15,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador135 km (84 mi)N of epicenterJucuapa(pop: 10,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador137 km (85 mi)N of epicenterBerlin(pop: 11,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de UsulutanEl Salvador141 km (88 mi)NE of epicenterSan Jose de Las Conchas(pop: 1,080)II: Very weakMarcovia, Departamento de CholutecaHonduras141 km (88 mi)E of epicenterQuezalguaque(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakDepartamento de LeonNicaragua142 km (88 mi)N of epicenterLa Alianza(pop: 6,920)II: Very weakAlianza, Departamento de ValleHonduras144 km (90 mi)NE of epicenterMarcovia(pop: 1,930)II: Very weakDepartamento de CholutecaHonduras146 km (90 mi)NE of epicenterAgua Fria(pop: 3,200)II: Very weakNacaome, Departamento de ValleHonduras147 km (91 mi)NE of epicenterSan Lorenzo(pop: 22,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de ValleHonduras149 km (93 mi)NE of epicenterSan Jeronimo(pop: 2,380)II: Very weakNamasigue, Departamento de CholutecaHonduras152 km (94 mi)NW of epicenterZacatecoluca(pop: 39,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de La PazEl Salvador155 km (97 mi)NE of epicenterCiudad Choluteca(pop: 75,900)I: Not feltCholuteca, Departamento de CholutecaHonduras156 km (97 mi)NE of epicenterNacaome(pop: 13,900)I: Not feltDepartamento de ValleHonduras157 km (97 mi)NE of epicenterEl Triunfo(pop: 7,180)I: Not feltDepartamento de CholutecaHonduras160 km (99 mi)NW of epicenterEl Rosario(pop: 5,620)I: Not feltDepartamento de La PazEl Salvador161 km (100 mi)NE of epicenterSomotillo(pop: 15,400)I: Not feltDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua165 km (103 mi)NE of epicenterCorpus(pop: 1,200)I: Not feltDepartamento de CholutecaHonduras168 km (104 mi)NE of epicenterSanto Tomas del Norte(pop: 608)I: Not feltDepartamento de ChinandegaNicaragua172 km (107 mi)NW of epicenterOlocuilta(pop: 6,320)I: Not feltDepartamento de La PazEl Salvador175 km (109 mi)NE of epicenterOrocuina(pop: 1,660)I: Not feltDepartamento de CholutecaHonduras179 km (111 mi)NW of epicenterLa Libertad(pop: 16,900)I: Not feltDepartamento de La LibertadEl Salvador212 km (132 mi)E of epicenterManagua(pop: 973,100)I: Not feltDepartamento de ManaguaNicaraguaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-06-1EpicenterAgency3.947 km29 mi15:58:5885 Km al suroeste de Punta Cosigüina, NicaraguaINETEREarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 864 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 21.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.2 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.1 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 4.2 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 70 quakes per year (or 5.9 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 445 quakes per year (or 37.1 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 852 quakes per year (or 71 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 861 quakes per year (or 72 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 6 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 20 to 25 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake