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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Scarborough in Trinidad and Tobago


Earthquake location 11.3471S, -59.5347WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 132 km E of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago (82 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 02:15:04 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.129 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:15:04 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mnif. Event ids that are associated: us7000mnif. Exact location of earthquake, -59.5347° West, 11.3471° North, depth 41.129 km.

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 one 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 quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 132 km E of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -59.5347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.129 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132 km E of Scarborough, 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 2024-05-21 02:15:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 23:16:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us7000mnif Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnif An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnif, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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