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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Mucuchies in Venezuela


Earthquake location 8.7111S, -70.7663WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Mucuchies in Venezuela. The temblor was reported at 13:36:54 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200062cw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062cw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 18:06:54 / June 6, 2016 @ 6:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.7663° West, 8.7111° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Barinas (c. 353 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Alto Barinas (c. 284 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo, Valera, Barinas (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ESE of Mucuchies, Venezuela.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.7663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.7111° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km ESE of Mucuchies, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-06 18:06:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-06 18:36:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.215 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200062cw Id of event.
Event Code 200062cw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200062cw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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