A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 23:50:14 / December 10, 2016 @ 11:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -72.9451 West, latitude 6.7433 North, depth = 151.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zve. Unique identifier: us20007zve. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.33 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:50:14 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Playón, Belén, Toledo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ENE of Aratoca, Colombia.
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