A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:30:26 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7667 West, latitude 9.8723 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000rlq3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rlq3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 09:30:26 / October 15, 2025 @ 9:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabimas, Carora, Trujillo. Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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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 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: 17 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela.
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