A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from El Pilar in Venezuela. Id of earthquake: us2000j40z. Event ids that are associated: us2000j40z. Exact location of event, longitude -63.0834 West, latitude 10.4803 North, depth = 10 km. 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: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 04:59:24 / January 15, 2019 @ 4:59 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:29:24 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Porlamar, Güiria, Maturín (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 9 km SE of El Pilar, Venezuela.
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