A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.3889° West, latitude 8.4478° North, depth = 1 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:07:45 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003vki. Event ids that are associated: us10003vki. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 17:37:45 / November 7, 2015 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Fría, San Carlos del Zulia, El Vigía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Fría (c. 27 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Lagunillas, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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