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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Gueiria in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.7422S, -62.4245WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Gueiria in Venezuela on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 80.94 km, -62.4245° West, 10.7422° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:28:32 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 80.94 km (50 miles). Event id: us1000bx1p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bx1p. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 06:58:32 / December 28, 2017 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carúpano, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km NW of Gueiria, Venezuela.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.4245° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.7422° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NW of Gueiria, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-28 06:58:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-28 07:27:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 1.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us1000bx1p Id of event.
Event Code 1000bx1p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bx1p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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