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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Roxborough in Trinidad and Tobago


Earthquake location 11.3076S, -59.8327WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Roxborough in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 16:35:09 / October 21, 2018 @ 4:35 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -59.8327 West, latitude 11.3076 North, depth = 7.18 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hfaa. Unique identifier: us1000hfaa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:35:09 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.18 km (4 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Scarborough (c. 17 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Scarborough (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 82 km E of Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -59.8327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3076° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km E of Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-21 16:35:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-21 16:54:05 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 400 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 1.844 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us1000hfaa Id of event.
Event Code 1000hfaa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hfaa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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