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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Pueblo Nuevo in Venezuela

Posted by admin on December 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.085S, -69.4973WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Pueblo Nuevo in Venezuela. The temblor was reported at 02:27:15 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -69.4973° West, 12.085° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 02:27:15 / December 8, 2025 @ 2:27 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rtah. Id of event: us6000rtah.

Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Coro (c. 195 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Punto Fijo (c. 131 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Willemstad (c. 125 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Punta Cardón (c. 58 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Babijn (c. 40 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Oranjestad (c. 30 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Angochi (c. 29 400 pop). Close country/countries, Aruba (c. 72 000 pop), Curacao (c. 142 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cardón, Punto Fijo, Arasji (min 5000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 48 km ENE of Pueblo Nuevo, Venezuela.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.085° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km ENE of Pueblo Nuevo, Venezuela Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-08 02:27:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-08 02:37:07 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 312 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.372 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000rtah Id of event.
Event Code 6000rtah An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rtah, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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