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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Higuerote in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.7157S, -65.6514WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 km ENE of Higuerote, Venezuela (34 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 18:31:00 / May 19, 2024 @ 6:31 pm. Event id: us6000mzpr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzpr. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:31:00 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.6514° West, 10.7157° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 55 km ENE of Higuerote, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6514° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.7157° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km ENE of Higuerote, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-19 18:31:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 18:57:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 340 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us6000mzpr Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzpr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzpr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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