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Great earthquake: M8 quake has struck near George Town in Cayman Islands

Posted by admin on February 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8S, -82.5WA great earthquake magnitude 8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands (126 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -82.5 West, latitude 17.8 North, depth = 33 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25039000, at00sre0yr. Id of event: at00sre0yr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 23:23:16 / February 8, 2025 @ 11:23 pm. The 8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:16 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near George Town in Cayman Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 8.0 or greater can totally destroy communities near the epicenter. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1-2 great earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.5° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-08 23:23:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-08 23:35:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 1 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 985 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 151 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.673036 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25.199997984 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00sre0yr Id of event.
Event Code 00sre0yr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25039000,at00sre0yr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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