A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 13:27:47 / August 22, 2018 @ 1:27 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 97.51 km (61 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:57:47 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gfc8. Unique identifier: us1000gfc8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.9204 West, latitude 10.5844 North, depth = 97.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Asunción, Porlamar, Maturín. The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from La Asunción (c. 35 100 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km W of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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