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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Yumare in Venezuela

Posted by admin on December 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.6835S, -68.7163WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Yumare in Venezuela. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:11:50 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 09:11:50 / December 24, 2024 @ 9:11 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pff9. Event ids that are associated: us6000pff9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.7163° West, 10.6835° North, depth 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Valencia (c. 1 385 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Barquisimeto (c. 809 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto Cabello (c. 174 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yaritagua (c. 89 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tinaquillo (c. 82 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Felipe (c. 76 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chivacoa (c. 45 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valencia, Tinaquillo, Barquisimeto (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 10 km NNW of Yumare, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7163° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.6835° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNW of Yumare, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-24 09:11:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 08:34:33 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 132 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 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 us6000pff9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pff9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pff9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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