A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Gueiria in Venezuela. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004w0u. Id of event: us10004w0u. Exact location, longitude -62.3014° West, latitude 10.8872° North, depth = 98.24 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 22:14:57 / March 3, 2016 @ 10:14 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:44:57 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.24 km (61 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laventille, Port-of-Spain, Petit Valley.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 34 km N of Gueiria, Venezuela.
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