Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 188 km depth7 Oct 21:00 UTC: First to report: INETER after 3 minutes.7 Oct 21:01: Now using data updates from EMSC7 Oct 21:08: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 195.00 to 188.00 km (from 121 to 117 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9.3 km (5.8 mi) towards NNE.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 7, 2026 20:56:51 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Oct 7, 2026, at 02:56 pm (GMT -6)StatusconfirmedMagnitude3.90Depth188 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude12.619°N / 86.974°WDepartamento de Chinandega, NicaraguaAlso near: Honduras 41 km (25 mi) away | El Salvador 98 km (61 mi) awaySeismic antipode12.619°S / 93.026°EShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoSan Cristobal (10 km / 6 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeHeavy Intensity Rain 29.7°C (85 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from WSWEstimated 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 energy13 minutes agoOct 7, 2026 20:56 GMT / Oct 7, 2026 02:56 pm (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 12.619 / -86.974: NicaraguaSource: EMSCOther sources: INETER: 3.7 / 195 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23419060',12.61900,-86.97400,'13 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, 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 near the epicenter is Chichigalpa, a town with 33,000 inhabitants in Nicaragua, in 8 km (5 mi) distance to the southwest, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-10-7EpicenterAgency3.9188 km117 mi20:56:51NICARAGUAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)3.7195 km121 mi20:56:5116 Km al sureste de Chinandega, Nicaragua9.3 km (5.8 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCINETEREarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 765 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.24 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 4.1 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 2.5 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 28.2 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 178 quakes per year (or 14.8 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 605 quakes per year (or 50 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 755 quakes per year (or 63 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake