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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Bartolomé Masó in Cuba


Earthquake location 19.7783S, -77.1332WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Bartolomé Masó in Cuba on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 18:45:37 / November 10, 2024 @ 6:45 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:45:37 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.315 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -77.1332° West, 19.7783° North, depth 15.315 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nr1g. Id of event: us7000nr1g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Río Cauto, Bayamo, Guisa. Nearby country/countries, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yara (c. 28 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Campechuela (c. 25 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Río Cauto (c. 23 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Niquero (c. 18 800 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 47 km SSW of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.1332° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7783° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.315 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 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 18:45:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 19:00:22 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 326 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.704 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 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 us7000nr1g Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr1g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nr1g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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