A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Id of earthquake: us1000989h. Event ids that are associated: us1000989h. The epicenter was at a depth of 151.36 km (94 miles). Global time and date of event 08/07/17 / 2017-07-08 22:23:35 / July 8, 2017 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:23:35 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 151.36 km, -72.9921° West, 6.8179° North.
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Sabana de Torres, Toledo (min 5000 pop).
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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