Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Piedecuesta in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 150.37 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 13:35:32 / May 15, 2016 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10005ix9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ix9. Exact location of earthquake, -73.1265° West, 6.9476° North, depth 150.37 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:35:32 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yondó, Soatá, Toledo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km WSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.1265° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.9476° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	150.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km WSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-15 13:35:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-08 15:40:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.298	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10005ix9	Id of event.
Event Code	10005ix9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005ix9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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