A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Id of earthquake: us2000c2jb. Event ids that are associated: us2000c2jb. The temblor was reported at 00:33:09 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.9703 West, latitude 6.7734 North, depth = 151.55 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 05:33:09 / December 10, 2017 @ 5:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 151.55 km (94 miles).
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de Torres, Belén, El Playón (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia.
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