A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Azulita in Venezuela. The temblor was detected at 19:20:28 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4244° West, 8.6404° North, depth 10.42 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 23:50:28 / November 7, 2015 @ 11:50 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.42 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003x2f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003x2f.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz, Mérida. Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km SSE of La Azulita, Venezuela.
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