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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 27 km WSW of Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago

Posted by admin on October 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.5555S, -61.7655WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Mucurapo in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rjbl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjbl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:49 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -61.7655° West, 10.5555° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 23:50:49 / October 24, 2025 @ 11:50 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mon Repos (c. 56 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Rio Claro (c. 35 700 pop). Close 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 Sangre Grande, Rio Claro, Güiria (min 5000 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 27 km WSW of Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.7655° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.5555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km WSW of Mucurapo, 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 2025-10-24 23:50:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-25 00:06:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 355 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.196 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000rjbl Id of event.
Event Code 6000rjbl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rjbl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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