A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. The temblor was reported at 06:14:48 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7rh. Id of event: us2000j7rh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104.58 km (65 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 10:44:48 / January 23, 2019 @ 10:44 am. Exact location, longitude -62.8703° West, latitude 10.6583° North, depth = 104.58 km.
Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güiria, Carúpano (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.
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