A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from El Pilar in Venezuela on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 06:25:53 / January 15, 2019 @ 6:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.0971 West, latitude 10.5357 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:55:53 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j41e. Unique identifier: us2000j41e.
Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Porlamar (c. 87 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Porlamar, Maturín, Güiria.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 5 km E of El Pilar, Venezuela.
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