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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Paraiso de Chabasquen in Venezuela

Posted by admin on January 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.499S, -69.836WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Paraiso de Chabasquen in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -69.836° West, 9.499° North. Id of earthquake: us2000cnqk. Event ids that are associated: us2000cnqk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 13:53:48 / January 24, 2018 @ 1:53 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:23:48 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Barquisimeto (c. 809 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Acarigua (c. 143 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Guanare (c. 112 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Araure (c. 73 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Rastrojos, Valera, Barquisimeto (min 5000 pop).

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 have been detected nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km ENE of Paraiso de Chabasquen, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.836° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.499° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km ENE of Paraiso de Chabasquen, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-24 13:53:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-24 14:15:03 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 298 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 0.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us2000cnqk Id of event.
Event Code 2000cnqk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cnqk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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