A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Scarborough in Trinidad and Tobago. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.14 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -60.7872 West, latitude 11.0479 North, depth = 37.14 km. The temblor was detected at 18:12:25 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 22:12:25 / December 6, 2016 @ 10:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ghq. Unique identifier: us10007ghq.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arima (c. 35 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tunapuna (c. 17 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Scarborough (c. 17 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chaguanas, Port-of-Spain, Petit Valley. Close country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km SSW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago.
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