A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ejido in Venezuela on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.04 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.3218° West, latitude 8.5748° North, depth = 11.04 km. The temblor was reported at 11:23:46 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 15:53:46 / November 7, 2015 @ 3:53 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003vk8. Event ids that are associated: us10003vk8.
Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Barinitas (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barinitas, San Carlos del Zulia, El Vigía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 9 km WNW of Ejido, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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