A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from San Fernando de Apure in Venezuela. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7659° West, 7.851° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 09:20:51 / July 26, 2020 @ 9:20 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:51 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b6sv. Unique identifier: us6000b6sv.
Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Fernando Apure (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from San Fernando Apure (c. 78 800 pop).
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. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 32 km W of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
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