A 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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