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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Roxborough in Trinidad and Tobago


Earthquake location 11.6402S, -60.7232WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Roxborough in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 15:55:05 / May 12, 2020 @ 3:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -60.7232 West, latitude 11.6402 North, depth = 45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70009er2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009er2. The temblor was reported at 11:55:05 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Scarborough (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Scarborough (c. 17 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 45 km NNW of Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.7232° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.6402° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km NNW of Roxborough, 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 2020-05-12 15:55:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-12 16:17:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 284 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 1.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us70009er2 Id of event.
Event Code 70009er2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009er2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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