A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 12:20:22 / November 14, 2015 @ 12:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3929 West, latitude 8.5398 North, depth = 9.07 km. The temblor was detected at 07:50:22 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yc3. Unique identifier: us10003yc3. 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 9.07 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from La Fría (c. 27 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Fría, San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 3 km N of Lagunillas, Venezuela.
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