A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Pueblo Rico in Colombia on Saturday. Global time and date of event 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 01:08:17 / April 29, 2018 @ 1:08 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000du57. Unique identifier: us1000du57. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:08:17 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.22 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.15 West, latitude 5.4115 North, depth = 120.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quibdó (c. 75 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chinchiná (c. 68 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alcalá, Abejorral, Toro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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