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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Dabeiba in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Dabeiba in Colombia. The temblor was detected at 11:45:38 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.2727 West, latitude 6.9309 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/17 / 2017-05-03 16:45:38 / May 3, 2017 @ 4:45 pm. Event id: us10008nw5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008nw5.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Urrao (c. 18 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Antioquia (c. 11 800 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ituango (c. 10 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Frontino (c. 8 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Cañasgordas (c. 6 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Urrao, Antioquia, Ituango (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 7 km S of Dabeiba, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.2727° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.9309° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km S of Dabeiba, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-03 16:45:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-03 22:07:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.999	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008nw5	Id of event.
Event Code	10008nw5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008nw5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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