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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago

Posted by admin on January 6, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.9556S, -61.3498WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago. The temblor was detected at 10:33:00 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 14:33:00 / January 4, 2019 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -61.3498° West, 10.9556° North, depth 35 km. Unique identifier: us2000j0qg. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0qg.

Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Point Fortin, Siparia, Peñal. Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mon Repos (c. 56 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rio Claro (c. 35 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Arima (c. 35 000 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 seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 34 km NE of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.3498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.9556° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km NE 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 2019-01-04 14:33:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-06 07:30:07 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 3.4 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 326 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 1.207 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j0qg Id of event.
Event Code 2000j0qg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j0qg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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