A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 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 02:42:38 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.7597° West, 9.8237° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 02:42:38 / September 25, 2025 @ 2:42 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rcqq. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcqq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabimas, Carora, Lagunillas. Event epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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