Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Pedernales in Venezuela

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pedernales in Venezuela. Id of earthquake: us2000cq4g. Event ids that are associated: us2000cq4g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.37 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:05:25 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 41.37 km, -62.172° West, 10.2049° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 22:05:25 / January 26, 2018 @ 10:05 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mon Repos (c. 56 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Marabella (c. 26 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaguanas, Petit Valley, Laventille (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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 27 km NNE of Pedernales, Venezuela.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.172° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.2049° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km NNE of Pedernales, Venezuela	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-26 22:05:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-26 22:44:13	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	326	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	1.981	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us2000cq4g	Id of event.
Event Code	2000cq4g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000cq4g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-62.172° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

10.2049° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

41.37 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

27km NNE of Pedernales, Venezuela

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-01-26 22:05:25

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-01-26 22:44:13

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.981

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.76 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000cq4g

Id of event.

Event Code

2000cq4g

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000cq4g,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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