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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Mene Grande in Venezuela

Posted by admin on October 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.7939S, -70.7598WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:42:53 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 06:42:53 / September 25, 2025 @ 6:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.7598° West, 9.7939° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhtc. Id of event: us6000rhtc.

Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carora, Lagunillas, Trujillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ESE of Mene Grande, Venezuela. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.7598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.7939° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km ESE 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 06:42:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-22 05:10:02 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 298 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 0.913 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us6000rhtc Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhtc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhtc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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