A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Uribia in Colombia. Unique identifier: us1000d5ly. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d5ly. Exact location, longitude -72.1474° West, latitude 11.9936° North, depth = 46.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/03/18 / 2018-03-17 10:16:11 / March 17, 2018 @ 10:16 am. The temblor was detected at 05:16:11 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.1 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maicao, Manaure, Uribia. Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Maicao (c. 130 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Manaure (c. 9 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Uribia (c. 7 500 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 33 km NNE of Uribia, Colombia.
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