A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaca in Colombia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.9701 West, latitude 6.8586 North, depth = 148.36 km. Global time and date of event 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 18:02:52 / August 8, 2018 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 148.36 km (92 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:02:52 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000g8wc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g8wc.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinácota, Sabana de Torres, Toledo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 12 km W of Guaca, Colombia.
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