Overall Green Earthquake alert in Venezuela on 21 Aug 2018 21:31 UTC

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M 7.3 in Venezuela on 21 Aug 2018 21:31 UTC

2018-08-24 12:31 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation ? an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred near the coast of VENEZUELA at 532 pm ast on tuesday AUGUST 21.2018.

? people MAY have experienced shaking from the earthquake
? based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat to PUERTO rico the u s VIRGIN islands or the BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS from this earthquake
The location of the earthquake is outside the main caribbean basin

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

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