A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from San Andres in Colombia on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:46:09 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005gje. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gje. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.13 km (98 miles). Global time and date of event 11/05/16 / 2016-05-11 14:46:09 / May 11, 2016 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -72.9845° West, latitude 6.8225° North, depth = 157.13 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Belén, Sabana de Torres, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 14 km W of San Andres, Colombia.
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