A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Biscucuy in Venezuela. The temblor was reported at 19:01:03 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -69.9023° West, 9.2275° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 23:31:03 / October 26, 2016 @ 11:31 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000727g. Unique identifier: us1000727g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Bruzual, Acarigua, Araure (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Barinas (c. 353 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alto Barinas (c. 284 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Acarigua (c. 143 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Guanare (c. 112 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Araure (c. 73 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SSE of Biscucuy, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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