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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago


Earthquake location 11.1071S, -61.577WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Petit Valley in Trinidad and Tobago. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.577 West, latitude 11.1071 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nqc3. Id of event: us6000nqc3. Global time and date of event 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 19:06:03 / September 7, 2024 @ 7:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:06:03 / 7:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arima (c. 35 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tunapuna (c. 17 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sangre Grande (c. 16 000 pop). Close country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Couva, Sangre Grande, Chaguanas (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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 45 km N of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.577° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1071° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km N of Petit Valley, 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 2024-09-07 19:06:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 13:47:20 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 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 246 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.022 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000nqc3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqc3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqc3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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