M 5.6 in Guyana on 31 Jan 2021 19:05 UTC

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Guyana - Earthquake (GDACS, HydroMET Guayan, media, NOAA-CPC, USGS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 February 2021)

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:21:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of south-western Guyana on 31 January at 19.05 UTC (15.05 Local time). The epicentre was located approximately 30 km north-west of Lumid Pau village and about 83 km south-east of Lethem Town.

Minor damage reported in Reg. 9 after 5.7 earthquake

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 06:22:00 +0100guyanachronicle (en)

FOR a few seconds on Sunday afternoon, sometime around 15:03h, persons across Guyana questioned whether a “big truck” was passing outside their homes or whether they were experiencing a dizzy spell, but it was that a 5.7 earthquake struck Boa Vista, Brazil, resulting in tremors and some damage to....

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Guyana --EMSC

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:41:00 +0100gmanews (en)

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Guyana EMSC. An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Guyana, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Sunday. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the EMSC added. Reuters.

Guyana: Magnitude-5.7 earthquake occurs near Lethem Jan. 31

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:50:00 +0100garda-com (en)

Event. A magnitude-5.7 earthquake occurred in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of southwestern Guyana at 1505 Jan. 31. The epicenter was about 83 km (51 miles) southeast of Lethem. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 9.7 km (6 miles) and weak shaking was probably felt in parts of Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil's Roraima State.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near Boa Vista, Roraima, Guyana

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:34:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

Guyana was shaken near Boa Vista, Roraima, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 only 13 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, early afternoon on Sunday 31 January 2021 at 3:05 pm local time.

Strong mag. 5.9 earthquake - Guyana on Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 19:05 (GMT)

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:34:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

Guyana was shaken near Boa Vista, Roraima, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 only 13 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, early afternoon on Sunday 31 January 2021 at 3:05 pm local time.

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