A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.602 km (9 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nni0. Event ids that are associated: us6000nni0. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:19:01 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7354 West, latitude 9.8916 North, depth = 14.602 km. Global time and date of event 29/08/24 / 2024-08-29 14:19:01 / August 29, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabimas, Carora, Trujillo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 21 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela.
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