Minor earthquake: M3.7 quake has struck near Duaca in Venezuela

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Duaca in Venezuela on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 22:58:08 / October 28, 2018 @ 10:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.83 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000hibg. Event ids that are associated: us1000hibg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0893 West, latitude 10.2612 North, depth = 20.83 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:28:08 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Barquisimeto (c. 809 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Acarigua (c. 143 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yaritagua (c. 89 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Carlos (c. 77 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Felipe (c. 76 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Araure (c. 73 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos, Acarigua, Araure (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km ESE of Duaca, Venezuela.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.0893° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.2612° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.83 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km ESE of Duaca, Venezuela	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-28 22:58:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-28 23:38:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-270	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.2	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	212	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	1.668	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000hibg	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hibg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hibg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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