A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Caripito in Venezuela on Friday. Unique identifier: us100033y1. Ids that are associated to the event: us100033y1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 12:50:01 / August 21, 2015 @ 12:50 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.07 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:20:01 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -62.9925° West, latitude 10.0788° North, depth = 32.07 km.
The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Güiria, Carúpano, Maturín. Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km ESE of Caripito, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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