VENEZUELA  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1900 6 7 2200U 10.30 -63.30 - -   - - mode Venezuela:Casanay,Cariaco
1900 10 29 911U 11.00 -66.00 s 8.4   many - mode Venezuela:Caracas(overestimated M) D=20/25 7.7S
1910 10 29 - 10.00 -67.00 * -   100 - cons Venezuela:Caracas
1929 1 7 - - - - -   many - cons Venezuela:Cumana(possibly the same quake as on 17/1)
1929 1 17 1145U 10.50 -64.50 - 6.9 T many 800   Venezuela:Cumana(I=9) D=50/200
1932 3 14 2242U 8.29 -71.88 25 6.8   6 -   Venezuela:La Grita(I=9)
1950 7 9 235U 7.90 -72.60 41 7.0   211 500 cons Colombia/Venezuela(I=9) D=20/106
1950 8 3 2218U 9.80 -69.70 8 6.8   100 - mode Venezuela:Tocuyo D=15
1954 12 4 1831U 10.90 -61.40 53 6.5   1 sev limi Venezuela
1957 10 4 526U 10.92 -62.81 32 6.7   some - mode Venezuela:Carupano,Rio Caribe,San Juan(I=9)
1959 6 30 2241U 8.30 -71.00 60 4.3   1 - limi Venezuela:Aricagua
1966 9 19 1840U 10.80 -69.50 12 5.0   - - seve Venezuela
1967 7 29 1024U 6.80 -73.00 161 6.3   20 150 mode Colombia/Venezuela D=10 (M=7.5 possibly error of I=7.5)
1967 7 30 0**U 10.60 -67.30 10 6.5   240 1536 seve Venezuela:[Caracas EQ] D=225/266/300
1968 9 20 600U 10.74 -62.67 107 6.2   3 37 mode Venezuela:Caracas,Cumana,Carupano(I=9) D=2
1974 6 12 1625U 10.56 -63.38 34 6.1   5 sev some Venezuela:Carupano D=1
1975 4 5 934U 10.04 -69.76 33 6.1   3 20 some Venezuela:Barquisimeto-Caroa area D=4
1980 11 26 1735U 8.05 -72.44 40 4.7   0 36 some Venezuela/Colombia:Cucuta 5.2W
1981 10 18 431U 8.12 -72.53 54 5.4   15 100 cons Colombia:Cucuta/Venezuela:S.Cristobal D=107 5.8W
1986 6 11 1348U 10.60 -62.93 19 6.2   2 45 cons Venezuela:Cariaco,Corupano,El Pilar,Rio Carib6.2W
1986 7 18 1722U 10.77 -69.43 7 4.9   0 0 insi Venezuela:Churuguara(deaths from shock; 1) 5.4W
1989 5 4 022U 11.04 -68.27 16 5.2   0 0 some Venezuela:Tucacas 5.5W
1991 8 17 618U 10.05 -69.95 10 5.2   0 0 insi Venezuela:Barquisimeto area 5.5W
1997 7 9 1924U 10.60 -63.49 20 6.8   81 522 mode Venezuela:Cariaco-Cumana area 6.9W
2009 9 12 2006U 10.71 -67.93 14 6.4   0 18 limi Venezuela:Moron 6.4W
2010 1 15 1800U 10.45 -63.48 8 5.2   0 11 limi Venezuela:Cariaco 5.6W

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