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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago

Posted by admin on May 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.0427S, -61.9514WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:50:18 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000e93d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e93d. Exact location of event, longitude -61.9514 West, latitude 11.0427 North, depth = 107.01 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 21:50:18 / May 20, 2018 @ 9:50 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.01 km (66 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Couva, Arima, Chaguanas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Arima (c. 35 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tunapuna (c. 17 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Paradise (c. 15 100 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.9514° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.0427° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km NW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-20 21:50:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-20 22:04:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 312 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 1.121 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us1000e93d Id of event.
Event Code 1000e93d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e93d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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