A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Gueiria in Venezuela. Exact location, longitude -62.2553° West, latitude 11.0936° North, depth = 107.74 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bt75. Unique identifier: us2000bt75. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:42:07 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 20:42:07 / November 22, 2017 @ 8:42 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.74 km (67 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petit Valley, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km N of Gueiria, Venezuela.
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