A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -71.3766° West, 8.5765° North, depth 11.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:05:49 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 16:35:49 / November 10, 2015 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10003wwq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003wwq.
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz, El Vigía (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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