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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Yaguaraparo in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.6568S, -62.882WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -62.882 West, latitude 10.6568 North, depth = 113.23 km. Unique identifier: us2000hgk1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgk1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.23 km (70 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 05:08:04 / September 6, 2018 @ 5:08 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:04 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güiria, Carúpano.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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 quakes in the world each year.

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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.882° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.6568° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NNW 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 2018-09-06 05:08:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-30 12:17:53 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 271 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 4.084 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us2000hgk1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000hgk1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hgk1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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