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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Puerto Vivas in Venezuela

Posted by admin on October 14, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.2753S, -71.9055WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Puerto Vivas in Venezuela on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9055 West, latitude 7.2753 North, depth = 35.35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 08:35:43 / October 14, 2017 @ 8:35 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000as2n. Id of event: us1000as2n. The temblor was detected at 04:05:43 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (59 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Los Patios (c. 58 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rubio (c. 51 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Juan de Colón (c. 38 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Zulia, Cúcuta, San Juan de Colón (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SSW of Puerto Vivas, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2753° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km SSW of Puerto Vivas, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-14 08:35:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-14 09:08:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 402 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 2.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us1000as2n Id of event.
Event Code 1000as2n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000as2n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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