A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.3478 West, latitude 8.5748 North, depth = 12.2 km. Global time and date of event 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 13:34:13 / November 9, 2015 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vy6. Unique identifier: us10003vy6. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:04:13 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.2 km (8 miles).
Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos del Zulia, El Vigía, Mucumpiz.
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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km NNE of Lagunillas, Venezuela.
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