A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Catia La Mar in Venezuela. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:59:48 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100030uq. Unique identifier: us100030uq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.13 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 15.13 km, -67.4102° West, 11.0738° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 16:59:48 / August 10, 2015 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palo Negro, San Joaquín, Cagua (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Caracas (c. 3 000 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Maracay (c. 1 754 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Petare (c. 364 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Turmero (c. 344 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baruta (c. 244 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Puerto Cabello (c. 174 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from El Limón (c. 148 200 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km NW of Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
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