A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Nuqui in Colombia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.63 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:56:49 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 07:56:49 / January 6, 2018 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000c1du. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1du. Exact location of event, longitude -77.7277 West, latitude 5.426 North, depth = 35.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Pizarro (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pizarro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days three 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.
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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. 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: 59 km WSW of Nuqui, Colombia.
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