A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Irapa in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60006pda. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pda. The temblor was picked up at 20:24:24 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -62.5714 West, latitude 10.6519 North, depth = 108.93 km. Global time and date of event 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 00:54:24 / November 28, 2019 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.93 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carúpano, Güiria. Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 9 km N of Irapa, Venezuela.
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