A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. Event id: us6000rhlk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhlk. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:33:10 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 22:33:10 / September 24, 2025 @ 10:33 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.6755° West, 9.9192° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabimas, El Tocuyo, Carora (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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