A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 165.28 km, -73.0024° West, 6.7772° North. Unique identifier: us2000c2tp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2tp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 165.28 km (103 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 11:18:04 / December 11, 2017 @ 11:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:04 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Sabana de Torres, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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