A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Giron in Colombia. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 14:31:15 / November 2, 2015 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.57 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20004205. Event ids that are associated: us20004205. Exact location of event, depth 148.57 km, -73.175° West, 6.9812° North. The temblor was reported at 09:31:15 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Alberto, Puerto Wilches, Toledo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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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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: 9 km S of Giron, Colombia.
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