A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Yaguaraparo in Venezuela. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 11:29:00 / March 5, 2025 @ 11:29 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:00 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -62.7577° West, 10.8002° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pymk. Id of event: us6000pymk.
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria. Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 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 three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km NNE of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.
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