Older studies including one in 1984 assigned the San Sebastián Fault as the source after reassessing the earthquake intensity data.

The Los Roques archipelago in the Caribbean Sea suffered heavy impact, reportedly having the highest number of victims.

[2] Large landslides and liquefactions took place in Anzoátegui, Aragua, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Miranda and Vargas.

Some slight damage was reported in San Antonio de Los Altos, Paparo, Panaquire, Guarenas, Capaya, La Tortuga Island, Los Roques archipelago, Güigüe, San Diego, Clarines, Puerto Cabello and Caucagua.

In Macuto, landslides buried or destroyed railway lines serving the cities Caracas and La Guaira.

At a seaside port in Barcelona named El Rincón, built on alluvium deposits from the Neverí River, many large cracks opened in the ground.

A 400 m2 area of alluvium in the city subsided significantly due to lateral spreading as a result of ground failure.

Field observations also noted that an opening of the Neverí River was narrowed by more than two meters, while its water level rose.

The water level in a number of saline wells rose substantially by several meters and began sloshing violently.

[13] A 100-meter wide landslide buried and sealed off a section of the Caracas-La Guaira highway between Guaracarumbo and Ojo de Agua.

It manifested in the form of tidal bores at the mouth of the Neverí River which resulted in the rise in water level.

[13] Witnesses at the coast at the mouth of the Guapo River in Puerto Tuy, Miranda reported seeing large waves up to 10 meters high, although this claim is disputed.

The first seismic instruments were brought into the country in the aftermath of the earthquake and installed at the Cagigal Observatory in November 1900 to early 1901.