A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. Global time and date of event 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 04:34:29 / January 3, 2025 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:34:29 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -62.6166° West, latitude 10.6061° North, depth = 90.825 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phde. Id of event: us6000phde. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90.825 km (56 miles).
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 23 km E of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.
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