A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.0499 West, latitude 6.8397 North, depth = 151.19 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vse. Id of event: us10008vse. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:15:48 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.19 km (94 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 12:15:48 / May 27, 2017 @ 12:15 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chinácota, Yondó, Belén (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km S of Piedecuesta, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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