A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from El Sombrero in Venezuela on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:54:33 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.446 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8932° West, 8.9324° North, depth 8.446 km. Unique identifier: us6000rled. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rled. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 16:54:33 / October 13, 2025 @ 4:54 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calabozo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Calabozo (c. 117 100 pop). Close country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 53 km SSE of El Sombrero, Venezuela.
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