A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Güiria in Venezuela. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/25 / 2025-04-30 00:39:49 / April 30, 2025 @ 12:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -62.2655 West, latitude 11.3241 North, depth = 131.605 km. Event id: us7000pw07. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pw07. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 131.605 km (82 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:39:49 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint George’s, Güiria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Güiria (c. 40 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Saint George’s (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Grenada (c. 108 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 82 km N of Güiria, Venezuela.

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