Seismotectonics of the Nicaraguan Depression from Recent Seismicity

Leonardo Alvarez^1*, Ana Maria Rodriguez¹, O Leary Gonzalez², Bladimir Moreno² and Amilcar Cabrera¹

¹Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales, Nicaragua

²Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas, Cuba

^*Corresponding Author: Leonardo Alvarez, Scientific Advisor, Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales, Nicaragua, Tel: 505 87114666 Email:

Keywords: Big earthquakes; Moment tensors; Clusters of earthquakes; Seismotectonics; Nicaraguan depression

Introduction