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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago


Earthquake location 10.9775S, -61.5217WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.53 km (32 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:12:15 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000c5ip. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c5ip. Exact location of event, longitude -61.5217 West, latitude 10.9775 North, depth = 51.53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/20 / 2020-10-04 19:12:15 / October 4, 2020 @ 7:12 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güiria, Siparia, Peñal (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mon Repos (c. 56 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rio Claro (c. 35 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km N of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.5217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.9775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km N of Petit Valley, 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 2020-10-04 19:12:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-04 19:54:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 356 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 1.155 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000c5ip Id of event.
Event Code 6000c5ip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c5ip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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