A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Irapa in Venezuela on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.76 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cdl3. Unique identifier: us1000cdl3. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:06 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 07:30:06 / January 28, 2018 @ 7:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.472 West, latitude 10.6123 North, depth = 68.76 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carúpano, Güiria. Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ENE of Irapa, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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