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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Santiago de Cuba in Cuba


Earthquake location 19.5872S, -75.6481WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Santiago de Cuba in Cuba on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqdg. Unique identifier: us6000nqdg. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 23:09:55 / September 7, 2024 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:09:55 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.6481° West, latitude 19.5872° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guantánamo (c. 272 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palma Soriano, Guantánamo, San Luis (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 51 km SSE of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.6481° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5872° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km SSE of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-07 23:09:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 23:28:33 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 312 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000nqdg Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqdg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqdg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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