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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Zea in Venezuela

Posted by admin on November 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.3473S, -71.7899WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Zea in Venezuela on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 05:54:54 / November 18, 2017 @ 5:54 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000bqwx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bqwx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:24:54 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -71.7899° West, 8.3473° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Zulia, Los Patios, Rubio.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 3 km SSW of Zea, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.7899° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3473° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SSW of Zea, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-18 05:54:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-18 06:23:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 402 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 1.261 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us2000bqwx Id of event.
Event Code 2000bqwx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bqwx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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