A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cariaco in Venezuela. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 11:50:32 / November 30, 2015 @ 11:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:20:32 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000425i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000425i. Exact location of event, longitude -63.6613 West, latitude 10.4464 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maturín, Juan Griego, La Asunción (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cumaná (c. 257 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Asunción (c. 35 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Juan Griego (c. 28 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 12 km WSW of Cariaco, Venezuela.
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