M 4.8 in Venezuela on 04 Jun 2026 23:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1544264
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.6333 , -70.0495
Event Date: 04 Jun 2026 23:41 UTC
04 Jun 2026 19:41 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sqrk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Estado Trujillo, 13 km east of Barquisi.. 6/5/2026 12:48:00 AM.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in Venezuela near El Tocuyo, Municipio Morán, Lara, only 25 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Thursday, June 4th, 2026, at 7:41 pm local time at a shallow dep
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 quake hits 33 km southwest of El Tocuyo, Venezu.. 6/5/2026 12:48:00 AM.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in Venezuela near El Tocuyo, Municipio Morán, Lara, only 25 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Thursday, June 4th, 2026, at 7:41 pm local time at a shallow dep
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Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near.. 6/5/2026 12:48:00 AM.

Officials said the event remains under review and details could change as more information becomes available A preliminary 4.1 magnitude earthquake was reported near Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon, according to early seismic data released
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),