The October 2014 Nicaragua earthquake occurred at 21:51 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.3 off the coast of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

[1][2][3][failed verification] A homeless man sleeping on a sidewalk died when a power line fell on him.

[4] Two others also died from heart-attacks in San Miguel and Santiago de María respectively.

The roads to the regional capital were partially blocked by landslides.

Power outages and several injuries were also reported in Honduras, where one person died of a heart-attack in Choluteca.