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- M6.2 - M6.2 Earthquake in Menegrande, Venezuela

 

On September 25, 2025, an earthquake struck Menegrande, Venezuela, reaching a magnitude of IX on the MMI scale.

 

M6.2 Earthquake in Menegrande, Venezuela
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This earthquake was detected by our citizen stations, located in Girona, Spain, more than 7,000 km away.

Earthquake data:

 

Date and time of origin: 2025-09-25 22:21:55 UTC
Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: 2025-09-25 22:33:14 UTC
Location where the station is located: Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU)
Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: 11 minutes and 19 seconds
Distance from the epicenter to the station: 7.465,53 Km
Wave speed: 10,99 km/s => 10.994,88 m/s
Wave type (according to speed): PKP
Sensor type: Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s
Sampling frequency (sps): 100Hz
Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave:
* By order of detection
1.5-4.5Hz, 1-5Hz, 0.7-2Hz, 0.5-2.5Hz, 0.5-1Hz, 20-30Hz, 10-40Hz
Place of Origin: 24 km ENE de MeneGrande Venezuela
Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter:  📍 9.8850°N 70.8560°E
Depth (hypocenter): 9.0 km
Magnitude Richter Scale: M6.2
Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It):
IX
URL Official Data USGS:  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/...
Unofficial data URL Volcano Discovery:  https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/es/sismos/2220003...

 

 

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