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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 33 km NNE of Güiria, Venezuela

Posted by admin on February 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.8494S, -62.1691WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvmn. Unique identifier: us6000pvmn. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:42:35 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 00:42:35 / February 18, 2025 @ 12:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.1691 West, latitude 10.8494 North, depth = 106.765 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.765 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tunapuna (c. 17 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Point Fortin, Paradise, Couva (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 33 km NNE of Güiria, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.1691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8494° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.765 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km NNE 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 2025-02-18 00:42:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 23:45:41 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 284 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.371 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us6000pvmn Id of event.
Event Code 6000pvmn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pvmn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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