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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Corralillo in Cuba

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Corralillo in Cuba. Exact location of earthquake, -80.6251° West, 23.2308° North, depth 17.07 km. The temblor was detected at 07:47:46 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032ny. Id of event: us100032ny. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.07 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 11:47:46 / August 16, 2015 @ 11:47 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pedro Betancourt, Cifuentes, Calimete. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Cárdenas (c. 98 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Colón (c. 63 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sagua la Grande (c. 62 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Corralillo (c. 51 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Jovellanos (c. 47 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 45 500 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km N of Corralillo, Cuba.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.6251° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.2308° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.07 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km N of Corralillo, Cuba	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-08-16 11:47:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-16 12:24:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	285	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	2.238	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 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	us100032ny	Id of event.
Event Code	100032ny	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100032ny,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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