A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:50 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.785 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 05:27:50 / February 17, 2025 @ 5:27 am. Exact location, longitude -62.2361° West, latitude 10.9061° North, depth = 100.785 km. Unique identifier: us7000pe71. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe71.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laventille, Port-of-Spain, Petit Valley. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km N of Güiria, Venezuela.
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