A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela. Event id: us6000rht7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rht7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7393 West, latitude 9.825 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 04:24:14 / September 25, 2025 @ 4:24 am. The temblor was detected at 04:24:14 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carora, Lagunillas, Trujillo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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 E of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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