A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Maicao in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rjb5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rjb5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.693 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 21:30:52 / October 24, 2025 @ 9:30 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:30:52 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8491 West, latitude 11.4177 North, depth = 92.693 km.
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Maracaibo (c. 2 225 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Maicao (c. 130 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manaure (c. 9 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Uribia (c. 7 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Albania (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maracaibo, Albania, Manaure.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km E of Maicao, Colombia.
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