A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.591 km (62 miles). Exact location of event, depth 99.591 km, -62.4411° West, 10.6179° North. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:48:30 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q142. Id of event: us7000q142. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 15:48:30 / May 9, 2025 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carúpano, Güiria. Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Carúpano (c. 112 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 16 km WNW of Güiria, Venezuela.
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