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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Yaguaraparo in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.5844S, -62.9204WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 13:27:47 / August 22, 2018 @ 1:27 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 97.51 km (61 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:57:47 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gfc8. Unique identifier: us1000gfc8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.9204 West, latitude 10.5844 North, depth = 97.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Asunción, Porlamar, Maturín. The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from La Asunción (c. 35 100 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km W of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.9204° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.5844° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km W 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 2018-08-22 13:27:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-22 13:59:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 45 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.27 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 539 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 1.977 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us1000gfc8 Id of event.
Event Code 1000gfc8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gfc8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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