M5.1 Earthquake Recorded Near Near Coast of Nicaragua
Updated: GEOFON GFZ upgraded this solution from M5.0 to M5.1. GEOFON GFZ reports M5.1 near Near Coast of Nicaragua, with a 62.3 km catalog depth.
Update: the reporting agency changed this event's magnitude from M5.0 to M5.1. The current value is shown throughout this brief; the earlier value is retained here as revision history.
The event began at Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:18:37 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.1, 62.3 km catalog depth, and coordinates 11.092, -86.431.
The catalog location label is Near Coast of Nicaragua; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.72e+12 joules, or about 651 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.
The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.
At a glance
- Magnitude revised: M5.0 to M5.1
- Magnitude 5.1
- 62.3 km catalog depth
- 2.72e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:18:37 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- GEOFON GFZ monitoring record