A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela on Tuesday. Event id: us6000b5di. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b5di. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:46:47 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.6964 West, latitude 10.5171 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 15:46:47 / July 28, 2020 @ 3:46 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km W of Güiria, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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