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Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 37 km S of Guisa, Cuba

Posted by admin on December 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.9162S, -76.5153WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Guisa in Cuba on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.241 km (14 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0uj. Unique identifier: us7000p0uj. Exact location of earthquake, -76.5153° West, 19.9162° North, depth 22.241 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:00:59 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 06:00:59 / December 23, 2024 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Holguín (c. 319 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jobabo, Niquero, Holguín (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km S of Guisa, Cuba.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.5153° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.9162° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.241 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km S of Guisa, Cuba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-23 06:00:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-23 06:16:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.634 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 537 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000p0uj Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0uj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0uj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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