Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 24 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela

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Earthquake location 9.9222S, -70.7174W A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mene Grande in Venezuela on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mene Grande in Venezuela (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rcnw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00t3464l, pt25267000, us6000rcnw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 22:21:55 / September 24, 2025 @ 10:21 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:21:55 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.815 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.7174° West, latitude 9.9222° North, depth = 7.815 km.

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Cabimas (c. 200 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Carora (c. 93 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Valera (c. 93 800 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from El Tocuyo (c. 53 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Lagunillas (c. 44 300 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Quíbor (c. 41 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Trujillo (c. 38 100 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from Santa Rita (c. 31 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quíbor, Santa Rita, El Tocuyo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. 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: 24 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela.

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