A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 103 km S of Orocue, Colombia (64 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:59:11 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 10:59:11 / November 28, 2015 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us100041vi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041vi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.182 West, latitude 3.8679 North, depth = 16.16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 103 km S of Orocue, Colombia.
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