A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mountain in Colombia. The temblor was picked up at 11:06:02 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000hjsk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hjsk. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 16:06:02 / September 25, 2018 @ 4:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -81.1415° West, latitude 13.1469° North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Andrés. Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Andrés (c. 58 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SE of Mountain, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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