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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 22 km SSW of Jacura, Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.8882S, -68.9407WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jacura in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.67 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/17 / 2017-03-17 18:35:09 / March 17, 2017 @ 6:35 pm. Id of earthquake: us20008stt. Event ids that are associated: us20008stt. The temblor was detected at 14:05:09 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.67 km, -68.9407° West, 10.8882° North.

Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Barquisimeto (c. 809 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Coro (c. 195 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yaritagua (c. 89 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Felipe (c. 76 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chivacoa (c. 45 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Morón (c. 44 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nirgua (c. 30 200 pop). Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barquisimeto, Coro, Morón.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SSW of Jacura, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9407° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8882° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SSW of Jacura, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-17 18:35:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-17 19:02:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 355 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 1.284 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 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 us20008stt Id of event.
Event Code 20008stt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008stt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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