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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Mene Grande in Venezuela

Posted by admin on September 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.9218S, -70.5465WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The temblor was detected at 07:47:45 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 07:47:45 / September 1, 2024 @ 7:47 am. Exact location of event, depth 10.616 km, -70.5465° West, 9.9218° North. 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: us7000ngex. Unique identifier: us7000ngex. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.616 km (7 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Tocuyo, Lagunillas, Valera (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 42 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.5465° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9218° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.616 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-01 07:47:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 08:41:54 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 298 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000ngex Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngex An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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