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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near El Cobre in Cuba

Posted by admin on January 17, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6849S, -76.1348WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from El Cobre in Cuba. The temblor was reported at 03:30:24 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004f5j. Id of event: us10004f5j. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/16 / 2016-01-17 08:30:24 / January 17, 2016 @ 8:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.1348 West, latitude 19.6849 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Urbano Noris (c. 43 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cauto Cristo, Urbano Noris, Bartolomé Masó (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.1348° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6849° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-17 08:30:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-17 08:47:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 400 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 0.993 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us10004f5j Id of event.
Event Code 10004f5j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004f5j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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