A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela. Exact location of event, depth 93.593 km, -62.3623° West, 11.0348° North. The temblor was reported at 06:49:19 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 06:49:19 / May 12, 2025 @ 6:49 am. Unique identifier: us7000pysc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pysc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.593 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Güiria.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km N of Güiria, Venezuela.
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