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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mene Grande in Venezuela

Posted by admin on October 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8774S, -70.8406WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:18:41 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rht0. Event ids that are associated: us6000rht0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 01:18:41 / September 25, 2025 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -70.8406° West, 9.8774° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carora, Cabimas, Trujillo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 10 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.8406° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km ENE 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 01:18:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-18 01:00:35 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 284 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.007 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000rht0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rht0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rht0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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