A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from San Andres in Colombia on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvyh. Unique identifier: us1000dvyh. Exact location, longitude -72.8998° West, latitude 6.7387° North, depth = 165.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:45:43 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 165.4 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 01:45:43 / April 23, 2018 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Playón, Belén, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km SW of San Andres, Colombia.
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