A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Unique identifier: us100041x9. Ids that are associated to the event: us100041x9. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:45:01 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.9952° West, 6.7375° North, depth 164.43 km. Global time and date of event 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 17:45:01 / November 28, 2015 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 164.43 km (102 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duitama, Barrancabermeja, Santa Rosa de Viterbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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