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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Mene Grande in Venezuela

Posted by admin on September 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.894S, -70.6699WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:55:38 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 06:55:38 / September 25, 2025 @ 6:55 am. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6699 West, latitude 9.894 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcrj. Unique identifier: us6000rcrj.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Quíbor (c. 41 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop), 117 km (72 miles) from Santa Rita (c. 31 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Rita, Quíbor, Cabimas (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6699° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.894° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-25 06:55:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-25 07:17:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.205 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 518 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 170 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.004 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rcrj Id of event.
Event Code 6000rcrj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rcrj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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