A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from El Pilar in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -63.0537° West, 10.4629° North. Id of earthquake: us2000j15k. Event ids that are associated: us2000j15k. Global time and date of event 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 17:41:46 / January 7, 2019 @ 5:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 13:11:46 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güiria, Maturín, Carúpano (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Maturín (c. 411 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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