Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 49 km SSW of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba

Posted by admin on November 10, 2024 0 Comments

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Bartolomé Masó in Cuba. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.081 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -77.0907° West, 19.743° North, depth 16.081 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nr1f. Event ids that are associated: us7000nr1f. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:36:43 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 18:36:43 / November 10, 2024 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yara (c. 28 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Campechuela (c. 25 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Río Cauto (c. 23 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Cauto, Bayamo, Guisa (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

Questions or comments?

Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSW of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-77.0907° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.743° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.081 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49 km SSW of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-10 18:36:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-10 20:01:40	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	271	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.677	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us7000nr1f	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nr1f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nr1f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 49 km SSW of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba

Questions or comments?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information