A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tumaco in Colombia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -78.7266° West, 1.6617° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 21:54:20 / May 25, 2018 @ 9:54 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:54:20 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ecfs. Id of event: us1000ecfs.
Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Valdez (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Barbacoas (c. 7 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Francisco Pizarro (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barbacoas, Valdez, Francisco Pizarro (min 5000 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 three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 18 km SSE of Tumaco, Colombia.
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