A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Matanza in Colombia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqiv. Id of event: us1000dqiv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 151.88 km (94 miles). Exact location of event, depth 151.88 km, -73.0548° West, 7.3564° North. Global time and date of event 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 06:49:34 / April 23, 2018 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:49:34 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Wilches, San Gil, San Martín. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NW of Matanza, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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