A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.6296 West, latitude 10.753 North, depth = 87.436 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87.436 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:58:00 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 03:58:00 / June 23, 2024 @ 3:58 am. Id of earthquake: us7000mu1p. Event ids that are associated: us7000mu1p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-of-Spain, Point Fortin, Petit Valley (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Point Fortin (c. 19 100 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km NE of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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