A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ejido in Venezuela. Exact location of event, depth 14.65 km, -71.2668° West, 8.599° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 14:03:54 / November 14, 2015 @ 2:03 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.65 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:33:54 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yce. Id of event: us10003yce. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (8 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 96 km (60 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NNW of Ejido, Venezuela.
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