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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Bartolomé Masó in Cuba


Earthquake location 20.0313S, -76.966WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Bartolomé Masó in Cuba. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -76.966 West, latitude 20.0313 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:52:50 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p7jd. Id of event: us6000p7jd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 06:52:50 / November 25, 2024 @ 6:52 am.

Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Jiguaní (c. 41 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yara (c. 28 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Contramaestre, Cauto Cristo, Jiguaní (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km S of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.966° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.0313° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km S 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 2024-11-25 06:52:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-02 06:52:24 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.521 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us6000p7jd Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7jd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7jd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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