A 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.
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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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