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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Aroa in Venezuela

Posted by admin on August 10, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.7448S, -69.2069WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Aroa in Venezuela. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:22:18 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 11:22:18 / August 9, 2024 @ 11:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2069 West, latitude 10.7448 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nj29. Id of event: us6000nj29.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tucacas, Nirgua, Coro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Barquisimeto (c. 809 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Coro (c. 195 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yaritagua (c. 89 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Felipe (c. 76 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Chivacoa (c. 45 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Los Rastrojos (c. 34 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Nirgua (c. 30 200 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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NW of Aroa, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2069° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.7448° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km NW of Aroa, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-09 11:22:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 07:05:55 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 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.915 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us6000nj29 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nj29 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nj29, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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