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A medium-intensity earthquake shakes Nicaragua and causes a collapse of 7 homes  The earthquake has left injured although the exact number is not yet determined  A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook this to Nicaragua early Monday , causing the collapse of at least seven houses and wounding , which led President Daniel Ortega to request people to sleep outside their homes against possible aftershocks. The first lady and government spokesman Nicaragua , Rosario Murillo said that preliminary reports have collapsed two houses in Managua and five in Ciudad Sandino , urban area close to the capital , and said Ortega had been identified but not injured specify the number . " There has not been a single case so far ( ... ) reported pronounced dead people . Course , have been injured , have been injured," Ortega told local television, but did not specify the number of injured or if your state or severity was not . The situation ... The epicenter four miles northwest of Managua at a depth of 14 kilometers was located , according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS , for its acronym in English ) . Other earthquakes struck Nicaragua on Thursday and Friday last week. The last one , of magnitude 6.6 , was felt even in El Salvador and Costa Rica . " Our call will be to maintain maximum alertness and ( ... ) seeking instead to give us greater security in homes with patio, the patio is a safe place in the house or yard does not have to be there at the door , lay mattresses and be ready to go just beginning the earthquake, " Ortega said. One of the poorest countries ... In 1992, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake left a balance of 116 dead in Nicaragua , one of the poorest countries in Latin America. But the deadliest in recent history of the Central American nation was that of December 23, 1972 of magnitude 6.2 that killed 5,000 people and devastated Managua.

A medium-intensity earthquake shakes Nicaragua and causes a collapse of 7 homes 

The earthquake has left injured although the exact number is not yet determined 

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook this to Nicaragua early Monday , causing the collapse of at least seven houses and wounding , which led President Daniel Ortega to request people to sleep outside their homes against possible aftershocks.

The first lady and government spokesman Nicaragua , Rosario Murillo said that preliminary reports have collapsed two houses in Managua and five in Ciudad Sandino , urban area close to the capital , and said Ortega had been identified but not injured specify the number .

" There has not been a single case so far ( ... ) reported pronounced dead people . Course , have been injured , have been injured," Ortega told local television, but did not specify the number of injured or if your state or severity was not .

The situation ...

The epicenter four miles northwest of Managua at a depth of 14 kilometers was located , according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS , for its acronym in English ) .

Other earthquakes struck Nicaragua on Thursday and Friday last week. The last one , of magnitude 6.6 , was felt even in El Salvador and Costa Rica .

" Our call will be to maintain maximum alertness and ( ... ) seeking instead to give us greater security in homes with patio, the patio is a safe place in the house or yard does not have to be there at the door , lay mattresses and be ready to go just beginning the earthquake, " Ortega said.

One of the poorest countries ...

In 1992, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake left a balance of 116 dead in Nicaragua , one of the poorest countries in Latin America.

But the deadliest in recent history of the Central American nation was that of December 23, 1972 of magnitude 6.2 that killed 5,000 people and devastated Managua.