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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near El Pilar in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.4987S, -63.1847WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from El Pilar in Venezuela on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -63.1847° West, 10.4987° North, depth 17.02 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0zl. Unique identifier: us2000j0zl. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:04 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 05:08:04 / January 7, 2019 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.02 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Asunción (c. 35 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Güiria, La Asunción, Porlamar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of El Pilar, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.1847° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.4987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SW of El Pilar, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-07 05:08:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-07 05:24:11 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 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 2.211 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us2000j0zl Id of event.
Event Code 2000j0zl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j0zl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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