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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Güiria in Venezuela

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 18:26:12 / December 11, 2024 @ 6:26 pm. Exact location, longitude -62.3306° West, latitude 10.7051° North, depth = 74.464 km. Event id: us7000nxxb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxxb. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.464 km (46 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:26:12 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Couva (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Couva, Point Fortin, Laventille (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km NNW of Güiria, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.3306° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.7051° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74.464 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km NNW 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	2024-12-11 18:26:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-11 18:47:57	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	340	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.566	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us7000nxxb	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nxxb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nxxb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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