A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Gueiria in Venezuela on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000365p. Id of event: us1000365p. Exact location of event, depth 107.83 km, -62.0778° West, 10.8602° North. The temblor was picked up at 09:02:00 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.83 km (67 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 13:32:00 / August 30, 2015 @ 1:32 pm.
Close 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 San Fernando, Marabella, Arima (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arima (c. 35 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NE of Gueiria, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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