A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cordero in Venezuela. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.14 West, latitude 7.83 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:53:00 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 02:23:00 / October 3, 2016 @ 2:23 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10006ul8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006ul8.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sardinata, Pamplona, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Los Patios (c. 58 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Rubio (c. 51 600 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km ESE of Cordero, Venezuela.
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