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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Guatire in Venezuela

Posted by admin on August 30, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.6561S, -66.4469WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Guatire in Venezuela on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 09:31:12 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.58 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.4469 West, latitude 10.6561 North, depth = 8.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/17 / 2017-08-30 14:01:12 / August 30, 2017 @ 2:01 pm. Event id: us2000ad4r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ad4r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Caracas (c. 3 000 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Petare (c. 364 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Teresa (c. 278 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Baruta (c. 244 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Guatire (c. 191 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cúa (c. 182 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Guarenas (c. 181 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Tejerías, Altagracia de Orituco, Los Teques. Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 22 km NNE of Guatire, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4469° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.6561° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NNE of Guatire, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-30 14:01:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-30 20:59:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 155 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 397 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 2.316 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 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 us2000ad4r Id of event.
Event Code 2000ad4r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ad4r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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