A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Lagunillas in Venezuela. The temblor was picked up at 06:54:32 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z98. Id of event: us10003z98. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 11:24:32 / November 14, 2015 @ 11:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.54 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3886 West, latitude 8.5554 North, depth = 12.54 km.
The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 76 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz, El Vigía.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km N of Lagunillas, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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