A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Valera in Venezuela. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:11:13 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/18 / 2018-11-24 20:41:13 / November 24, 2018 @ 8:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.16 km (13 miles). Event id: us1000hw7f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hw7f. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6351 West, latitude 9.3144 North, depth = 20.16 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Barinas (c. 353 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Alto Barinas (c. 284 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Guanare (c. 112 300 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Tocuyo, Guanare, Mérida. Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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