A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from La Azulita in Venezuela on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:30:33 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33.46 km, -71.3074° West, 8.7672° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.46 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 10:00:33 / July 22, 2019 @ 10:00 am. Event id: us70004qeu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004qeu.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos del Zulia, Mucumpiz, El Vigía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Mérida (c. 300 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mucumpiz (c. 215 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ejido (c. 106 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Vigía (c. 59 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Carlos del Zulia (c. 56 600 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 16 km ENE of La Azulita, Venezuela.
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