A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Santa Cruz de los Taques in Venezuela. Id of earthquake: us6000rk92. Event ids that are associated: us6000rk92. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.14 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 18:27:24 / October 8, 2025 @ 6:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:27:24 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.6363° West, latitude 11.8935° North, depth = 76.14 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cardón, Punto Fijo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Punto Fijo (c. 131 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cardón (c. 58 900 pop).

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. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km W of Santa Cruz de los Taques, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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