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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Maggotty in Jamaica


Earthquake location 18.1386S, -77.7476WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Maggotty in Jamaica on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -77.7476 West, latitude 18.1386 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtcu. Unique identifier: us7000mtcu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:46:32 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 22:46:32 / June 18, 2024 @ 10:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Montego Bay (c. 82 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Mandeville (c. 47 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Old Harbour (c. 26 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Linstead (c. 20 700 pop). Close country/countries, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spanish Town, Bog Walk, Linstead (min 5000 pop).

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. 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km SE of Maggotty, Jamaica.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.7476° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1386° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SE of Maggotty, Jamaica Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 22:46:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-19 05:25:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 247 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.22 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us7000mtcu Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtcu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtcu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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