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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Güiria in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.8245S, -62.2776WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:33:34 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000bfzg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bfzg. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 15:33:34 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 85 km, -62.2776° West, 10.8245° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85 km (53 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Point Fortin, Laventille, Port-of-Spain (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km N of Güiria, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.2776° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km N of Güiria, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-17 15:33:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-24 13:11:01 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 3.3 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 313 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 1.436 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000bfzg Id of event.
Event Code 6000bfzg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bfzg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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