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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Güiria in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.6304S, -62.4886WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 110.916 km, -62.4886° West, 10.6304° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110.916 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 16:14:39 / October 9, 2024 @ 4:14 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnuu. Unique identifier: us7000nnuu. The temblor was picked up at 16:14:39 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 21 km WNW of Güiria, Venezuela.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.4886° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.6304° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.916 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km WNW of Güiria, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-09 16:14:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 04:04:42 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.702 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 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 us7000nnuu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnuu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnuu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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