A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cubara in Colombia on Friday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:36:47 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us1000ec86. Id of event: us1000ec86. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 17:36:47 / May 25, 2018 @ 5:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.79 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -72.0659° West, latitude 7.0399° North, depth = 46.79 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Táriba, Chinácota, Málaga (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rubio (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tame (c. 29 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Táriba (c. 27 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Málaga (c. 18 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop).
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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 6 km NE of Cubara, Colombia.
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