A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 154.34 km (96 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 13:09:22 / July 26, 2015 @ 1:09 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -73.0935 West, latitude 6.8014 North, depth = 154.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000307f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000307f. The temblor was reported at 08:09:22 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yondó, Belén, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NW of Aratoca, Colombia.
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