A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Matanza in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005h5l. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005h5l. Exact location of event, longitude -73.0789 West, latitude 7.3933 North, depth = 139.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.94 km (87 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 13:56:40 / May 6, 2016 @ 1:56 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:56:40 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Gil, Barrancabermeja, Puerto Wilches (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km NW of Matanza, Colombia.
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