A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Dabeiba in Colombia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.2276 West, latitude 7.0749 North, depth = 27.61 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 20:12:12 / June 20, 2018 @ 8:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ewt5. Unique identifier: us1000ewt5. The temblor was detected at 15:12:12 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.61 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yarumal (c. 22 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Carepa (c. 20 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Urrao (c. 18 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Antioquia (c. 11 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ituango (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Rosa de Osos, Yarumal, Carepa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 9 km NNE of Dabeiba, Colombia.
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