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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Mene Grande in Venezuela


Earthquake location 9.9352S, -70.875WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us6000rh9a. Event ids that are associated: us6000rh9a. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.875° West, 9.9352° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 10:12:05 / October 15, 2025 @ 10:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:12:05 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rita, Carora, Cabimas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Santa Rita (c. 31 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Questions or comments?

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. 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: 11 km NNE of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.875° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9352° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NNE 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 2025-10-15 10:12:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-15 12:07:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us6000rh9a Id of event.
Event Code 6000rh9a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rh9a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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