A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Irapa in Venezuela. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 04:28:17 / November 30, 2015 @ 4:28 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004231. Unique identifier: us10004231. Exact location of event, longitude -62.6056 West, latitude 10.5756 North, depth = 72.28 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:58:17 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). 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 72.28 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 2 km WNW of Irapa, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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