A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pedernales in Venezuela on Friday. Id of earthquake: us2000cq1t. Event ids that are associated: us2000cq1t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 20:30:32 / January 26, 2018 @ 8:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:30:32 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -62.2604 West, latitude 10.2413 North, depth = 44.87 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.87 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaguanas, Princes Town, Laventille. The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chaguanas (c. 67 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mon Repos (c. 56 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Fernando (c. 55 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Marabella (c. 26 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km N of Pedernales, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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