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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Güiria in Venezuela


Earthquake location 10.8616S, -62.3928WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 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 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:41:43 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.503 km (48 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 00:41:43 / May 12, 2025 @ 12:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.3928 West, latitude 10.8616 North, depth = 77.503 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pyqv. Event ids that are associated: us7000pyqv.

Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Laventille (c. 157 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Port-of-Spain (c. 49 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Petit Valley (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laventille, Port-of-Spain, Carúpano (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NNW of Güiria, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.3928° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8616° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.503 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km NNW of Güiria, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-12 00:41:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-12 01:00:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 390 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.456 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pyqv Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyqv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyqv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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