A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 05:33:24 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.0303 West, latitude 6.7836 North, depth = 137.63 km. Global time and date of event 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 10:33:24 / July 13, 2016 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.63 km (86 miles). Unique identifier: us10006381. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006381. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barrancabermeja, Belén, Sabana de Torres (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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