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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Gueiria in Venezuela

Posted by admin on May 17, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.9229S, -62.1768WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Gueiria in Venezuela on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -62.1768 West, latitude 10.9229 North, depth = 91.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.13 km (57 miles). Event id: us10008szh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008szh. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/17 / 2017-05-17 10:04:23 / May 17, 2017 @ 10:04 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:23 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tunapuna (c. 17 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Paradise (c. 15 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Point Fortin, Arouca, Couva.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km NNE of Gueiria, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.1768° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.9229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NNE of Gueiria, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-17 10:04:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-17 10:21:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 340 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 1.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us10008szh Id of event.
Event Code 10008szh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008szh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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