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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Piedecuesta in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.8856S, -73.1381WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 04:51:44 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 146.3 km (91 miles). Global time of event 02/05/15 / 2015-05-02 09:51:44 / May 2, 2015 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -73.1381 West, latitude 6.8856 North, depth 146.3 km, unique identifier, us20002aue.

Close countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinácota, Puerto Wilches, Toledo.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1381° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8856° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 146.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km SW of Piedecuesta, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-02 09:51:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-02 10:09:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.954 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002aue Id of event.
Event Code 20002aue An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002aue, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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