January 15, 2010 Earthquake: Cariaco, Venezuela
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Cariaco, Venezuela on January 15, 2010 at 18:00:46 UTC, 8 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 15, 2010
- Time
- 18:00:46 UTC
- Place
- Cariaco, Venezuela
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 8 km (5 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.454° N, 63.475° W
- Country
- Venezuela
The toll
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 3
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Eleven people injured and three houses damaged at
Cariaco. Felt (IV) at Barcelona and Cumana; (III) at
Ciudad Guayana, Porlamar and Puerto La Cruz; (II) at
Caracas. Also felt at Acarigua, Carupano, La Asuncion,
Maturin and Patare. Felt at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 14, 1797, Cumana, Cariaco, Venezuela
- July 15, 1853, Cumana, Venezuela
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- January 17, 1929, Cumana, Venezuela
- June 12, 1974, Venezuela
- August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, Venezuela
- September 1, 1530, Cumana, Venezuela
- September 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- September 29, 2006, Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- June 7, 1900, Casanay (Casanai),cariaco, Venezuela
- August 1823, Cariaco, Margarita Island, Venezuela
- August 18, 1874, Pilar, Venezuela
- August 13, 1868, Rio Caribe, Venezuela
- October 21, 1766, Cumana, San Juan Bautista, Trinidad, Venezuela
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 8993.