Major earthquake, 7.3 mag strikes near Yaguaraparo in Venezuela

A major earthquake magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.18 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Yaguaraparo in Venezuela (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -62.9106 West, latitude 10.7392 North, depth = 123.18 km. The temblor was reported at 17:01:42 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pdtygt, pt18233000, us1000gez7. Id of event: us1000gez7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 21:31:42 / August 21, 2018 @ 9:31 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Point Fortin, Cumaná, Juan Griego (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 114 km (71 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 143 km (89 miles) from Cumaná (c. 257 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from La Asunción (c. 35 100 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Juan Griego (c. 28 300 pop), 148 km (92 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 15 major 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. 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: 20 km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.

Carúpano Cumaná Güiria Juan Griego La Asunción Maturín Point Fortin Porlamar Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela Yaguaraparo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.9106° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.7392° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.18 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-21 21:31:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-21 21:53:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-270	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	63	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.12	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	yellow	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	1	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	860	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	,at,pt,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	1.853	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.4 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	24	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000gez7	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gez7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00pdtygt,pt18233000,us1000gez7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-62.9106° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

10.7392° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

123.18 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

20km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-08-21 21:31:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-08-21 21:53:53

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

6.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

7.12

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

yellow

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

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

860

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,pt,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

1.853

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.4 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000gez7

Id of event.

Event Code

1000gez7

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00pdtygt,pt18233000,us1000gez7,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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