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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Baracoa in Cuba


Earthquake location 20.1691S, -74.1685WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Baracoa in Cuba. Global time and date of event 29/04/20 / 2020-04-29 10:22:48 / April 29, 2020 @ 10:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:22:48 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -74.1685 West, latitude 20.1691 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60009el1. Event ids that are associated: us60009el1.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Río Guayabal de Yateras, Baracoa, Maisí (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Baracoa (c. 48 400 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Maisí (c. 28 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Río Guayabal de Yateras (c. 25 800 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 39 km ESE of Baracoa, Cuba.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.1685° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.1691° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km ESE of Baracoa, Cuba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-29 10:22:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-29 10:40:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 312 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 0.857 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us60009el1 Id of event.
Event Code 60009el1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009el1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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