A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.256 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7657 West, latitude 9.9342 North, depth = 20.256 km. The temblor was detected at 11:28:22 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rcta. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcta. Global time and date of event 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 11:28:22 / September 25, 2025 @ 11:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabimas, Carora, Trujillo.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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