A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.12 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040dr. Id of event: us100040dr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 20:38:33 / November 22, 2015 @ 8:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.3945 West, latitude 8.5307 North, depth = 28.12 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:08:33 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Fría, San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz. Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from La Fría (c. 27 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km NNW of Lagunillas, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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