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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Yaguaraparo in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.8939S, -62.7397WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.61 km (69 miles). Event id: us2000adhr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000adhr. Global time and date of event 31/08/17 / 2017-08-31 15:47:37 / August 31, 2017 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -62.7397° West, 10.8939° North, depth 111.61 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:37 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carúpano, Güiria. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km NNE of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.7397° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8939° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km NNE of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-31 15:47:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-31 16:06:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 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 369 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 1.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000adhr Id of event.
Event Code 2000adhr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000adhr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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