A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Sunday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:29:50 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.92 km (102 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 14:29:50 / February 28, 2016 @ 2:29 pm. Exact location, longitude -72.9795° West, latitude 6.6966° North, depth = 164.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004udb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004udb.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosa de Viterbo, El Playón, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km E of Aratoca, Colombia.
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