A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 9.02 km, -71.3491° West, 8.5436° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 03:49:34 / November 9, 2015 @ 3:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vvv. Id of event: us10003vvv. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:34 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.02 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos del Zulia, El Vigía, Mucumpiz (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NE of Lagunillas, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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