Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 3.7 km southwest of Caracas, Municipio Libertador, Venezuela Baskent Boelgesi, Sunday, Nov 28, 2021 at 7:11 am (GMT -4) -

28 Nov 11:14 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 3 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 28, 2021 11:11:46 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Nov 28, 2021 at 7:11 am (GMT -4)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	10.46806°N / 66.90674°W (Venezuela Baskent Boelgesi, Venezuela)
Antipode	10.468°S / 113.093°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) SW of Caracas (Distrito Federal) (pop: 3,000,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 5 km (3 mi) NW of Baruta (Miranda) (pop: 244,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 7 km (4 mi) WSW of Chacao (Estado Miranda) (pop: 64,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 9 km (6 mi) WSW of Los Dos Caminos (Miranda) (pop: 58,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) NNE of San Antonio de Los Altos (Miranda) (pop: 63,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) W of Petare (Estado Miranda) (pop: 364,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) S of La Guaira (Vargas, Estado La Guaira) (pop: 25,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (13 mi) NE of Los Teques (Estado Miranda) (pop: 140,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) ENE of Maracay (Estado Aragua) (pop: 1,754,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Scattered Clouds 20.6°C (69 F), humidity: 61%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from ESE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Caracas (0 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / very short : Sillon se movia lateralmente

Maracay, Estado Aragua / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / several minutes

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