A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Andres in Colombia. Exact location, longitude -72.9596° West, latitude 6.8079° North, depth = 150.32 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 20:32:19 / December 13, 2016 @ 8:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:32:19 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200080jj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080jj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.32 km (93 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 22 km (14 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Sabana de Torres, El Playón (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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