A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.0132 West, latitude 6.8214 North, depth = 175.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/17 / 2017-11-28 19:55:00 / November 28, 2017 @ 7:55 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000bmqu. Event ids that are associated: us1000bmqu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 175.72 km (109 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:55:00 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de Torres, Toledo, El Playón (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km N of Aratoca, Colombia.
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