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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Tucaní in Venezuela

Posted by admin on June 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.9391S, -71.1161WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tucaní in Venezuela on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqep. Id of event: us7000mqep. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.318 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 03:31:27 / June 5, 2024 @ 3:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:31:27 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.1161 West, latitude 8.9391 North, depth = 25.318 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo, San Carlos del Zulia, Barinitas (min 5000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 17 km E of Tucaní, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1161° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.9391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.318 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km E of Tucaní, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-05 03:31:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 13:32:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us7000mqep Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqep An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqep, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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