A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Riosucio in Colombia on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -77.1418° West, latitude 7.262° North, depth = 35.69 km. Id of earthquake: us2000i4m0. Event ids that are associated: us2000i4m0. The temblor was reported at 03:18:52 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/10/18 / 2018-10-25 08:18:52 / October 25, 2018 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.69 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Apartadó (c. 86 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carepa (c. 20 600 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Riosucio (c. 7 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 19 km S of Riosucio, Colombia.
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