A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Motatan in Venezuela. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:30:06 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 15:00:06 / November 28, 2018 @ 3:00 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6481 West, latitude 9.3651 North, depth = 8.2 km. Unique identifier: us1000hxfy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxfy. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.2 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alto Barinas, Barinas, Barinitas. Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Barinas (c. 353 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Alto Barinas (c. 284 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barinitas (c. 34 400 pop).
Each 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Motatan, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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