A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Zapatoca in Colombia. Event id: us10004whl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004whl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 04:59:16 / March 6, 2016 @ 4:59 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 153.93 km (96 miles). Exact location of event, depth 153.93 km, -73.1792° West, 6.848° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:59:16 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pamplona, Yondó, Soatá.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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