A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from El Pilar in Venezuela. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:09:51 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -63.1155 West, latitude 10.4078 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 17:39:51 / January 7, 2019 @ 5:39 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8ay. Id of event: us2000j8ay. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Güiria, Maturín, Carúpano.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SSE of El Pilar, Venezuela.
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