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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Piedecuesta in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.9336S, -73.0095WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/17 / 2017-04-30 15:01:19 / April 30, 2017 @ 3:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 146.12 km (91 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:01:19 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008prv. Id of event: us10008prv. Exact location of event, depth 146.12 km, -73.0095° West, 6.9336° North.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinácota, Soatá, Sabana de Torres (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 7 km SE of Piedecuesta, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0095° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9336° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 146.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km SE of Piedecuesta, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-30 15:01:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-14 16:16:53 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 1.036 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us10008prv Id of event.
Event Code 10008prv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008prv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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