A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela. Exact location, longitude -62.5984° West, latitude 10.4468° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:44 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000d5yt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d5yt. Global time and date of event 06/01/21 / 2021-01-06 02:35:44 / January 6, 2021 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carúpano, Güiria.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nearby.
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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. 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: 35 km WSW of Güiria, Venezuela.
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