A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Machiques in Venezuela on Friday. Exact location, longitude -72.7936° West, latitude 9.6863° North, depth = 12.168 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 12.168 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 12:04:36 / May 3, 2024 @ 12:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000mvzi. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvzi. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:36 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from La Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Machiques (c. 63 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Agustín Codazzi (c. 51 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Jagua de Ibirico (c. 18 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chiriguaná (c. 15 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Paz (c. 13 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Becerril (c. 9 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chiriguaná, La Villa del Rosario, La Paz.
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 49 km SSW of Machiques, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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