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Earthquake: M 5 quake strikes near Umuquena in Venezuela


Earthquake location 8.2514S, -72.0767WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Umuquena in Venezuela. The temblor was reported at 01:08:57 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-05 05:38:57 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -72.0767 West, latitude 8.2514 North, depth 10 km.

Close countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ejido, Chinácota, San Carlos del Zulia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.0767° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.2514° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SW of Umuquena, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-05 05:38:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-05 15:47:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.6 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 386 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 1.559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 usc000tluz Id of event.
Event Code c000tluz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tluz A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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