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Every incident recorded in Nicaragua — natural disasters, accidents, fires, collapses, blasts and outbreaks — tracked live and given its own detailed report page.

ISO: NI Region: North America Capital: Managua Main hazards: hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
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M3.2 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 20 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.6 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 20 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 19 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor Terremoto moderado mag. 4.9 - Océano Pacífico Norte, 80 km al suroeste de Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua, Sunday 18 Oct 2026 a las 23:18 (GMT -6) 19 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M5.0 Earthquake — COSTA RICA 19 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M3.4 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 18 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.7 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 17 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.1 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 17 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.3 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 16 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake 83 km southwest of Managua, Nicaragua 16 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M3.1 Earthquake — OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA 16 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.1 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 15 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M4.1 Earthquake — CARIBBEAN SEA 15 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.2 Earthquake — NICARAGUA 14 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor Nicaragua registró aumentos semanales de neumonía, chikungunya, influenza y dengue 14 Oct 2026 · Epidemic Minor M3.2 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 13 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.2 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 13 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.5 Earthquake — OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA 13 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.2 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 12 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.7 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 11 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M4.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 11 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor A drone strikes the Nicaragua-flagged tanker MT Petro Dolphin near Sohar, Oman, leaving two Indian sailors missing and prompting the rescue of nine others. Omani authorities conduct search-and-rescue 11 Oct 2026 · Conflict Moderate M3.3 Earthquake — NICARAGUA 11 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.2 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 11 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M4.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 10 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 10 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Panama on Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter was located 8 miles from Pitaloza Arriba. A tsunami threat was issued for Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, P 9 Oct 2026 · Tsunami Minor M4.8 Earthquake — 17 km S of Nandaime, Nicaragua 9 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M3.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 9 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.0 Earthquake — NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA 9 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor

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About Incidents & Disasters in Nicaragua

Nicaragua lies in North America, with its capital at Managua. Historically the country is most affected by hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This page monitors Nicaragua around the clock, plotting every detected incident on the map above and giving each one its own permanent record page.

Our monitoring for Nicaragua combines twenty-four independent streams: the USGS and EMSC seismic networks, the United Nations' GDACS alert system, NASA EONET and NASA FIRMS satellite observations, WHO outbreak bulletins, US NWS severe-weather alerts, the Smithsonian volcano programme, NOAA tsunami messages, GDELT global news monitoring, the Wikipedia current-events record, UN OCHA ReliefWeb, moderated public reports — and our own rotating sweep of local media in local languages. That last piece is what lets us capture smaller local incidents — building collapses, blasts, road and rail accidents, fires and drownings — that single-source trackers miss entirely.

So far in 2026, 160 incidents have been recorded in Nicaragua, including 0 rated severe or extreme. Counters update automatically as new events are detected.

Bookmark this page to follow the live situation in Nicaragua, or explore other countries, the full A–Z of incident types and the deadliest incidents in history.

Cities in Nicaragua

Each city has its own live page covering everything within about 65 km.