A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Puerto Cumarebo in Venezuela on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0z8. Unique identifier: us6000n0z8. Global time and date of event 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 18:01:41 / May 25, 2024 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:01:41 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.095° West, latitude 11.8154° North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coro, Sint Michiel Liber, Willemstad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Curacao (c. 142 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Coro (c. 195 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Willemstad (c. 125 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sint Michiel Liber (c. 5 100 pop).
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. 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. 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: 46 km NE of Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela.
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