A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Roxborough in Trinidad and Tobago. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:13:08 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000drsz. Event ids that are associated: us1000drsz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 04:13:08 / April 25, 2018 @ 4:13 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.91 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -60.2235 West, latitude 10.7613 North, depth = 14.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sangre Grande, Scarborough. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Scarborough (c. 17 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sangre Grande (c. 16 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km SE of Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago.
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