A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Colombia in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 46.71 km, -74.446° West, 3.4302° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:20:12 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 00:20:12 / October 31, 2016 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000735j. Event ids that are associated: us1000735j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.71 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Neiva (c. 352 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Girardot City (c. 130 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Fusagasuga (c. 88 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Espinal (c. 56 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Granada (c. 32 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Melgar (c. 26 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silvania, Neiva, Agua de Dios (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 39 km E of Colombia, Colombia.
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