A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Murindo in Colombia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004a6p. Event ids that are associated: us10004a6p. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:54:07 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 02:54:07 / December 29, 2015 @ 2:54 am. Exact location of event, longitude -76.6304 West, latitude 6.916 North, depth = 12.91 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.91 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ituango, Antioquia, Carepa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Carepa (c. 20 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Urrao (c. 18 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Antioquia (c. 11 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ituango (c. 10 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Frontino (c. 8 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 15 km ESE of Murindo, Colombia.
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