A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from El Playon in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 16:02:08 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -73.3608° West, 7.495° North, depth 123.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 21:02:08 / December 19, 2016 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10007rdj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rdj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.28 km (77 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ocaña (c. 83 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Aguachica (c. 73 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguachica, Santa Rosa del Sur, Sardinata. Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 17 km W of El Playon, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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