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Major earthquake 7.6 mag, 209 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands

Posted by admin on February 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.7016S, -82.4564WA major earthquake with magnitude 7.6 (ml/mb) was reported 209 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands (130 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -82.4564 West, latitude 17.7016 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 23:23:14 / February 8, 2025 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 7.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:14 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pcdl. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25039000, at00sre0yr, us7000pcdl. A tsunami warning has been issued near George Town in Cayman Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 209 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.4564° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 209 km SSW 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 23:23:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-08 23:42:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 17 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 896 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us7000pcdl Id of event.
Event Code 7000pcdl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25039000,at00sre0yr,us7000pcdl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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