A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 16:27:06 / June 19, 2018 @ 4:27 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:27:06 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000eyr0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eyr0. The epicenter was at a depth of 161.29 km (100 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.0523° West, 6.7098° North, depth 161.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Toledo, Sabana de Torres (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WNW of Aratoca, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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