A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 11:06:21 / September 30, 2025 @ 11:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000rip9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rip9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -70.9702° West, 9.8894° North, depth 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:06:21 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rita, Trujillo, Cabimas. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Rita (c. 31 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 6 km NW of Mene Grande, Venezuela.
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