A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Villamaria in Colombia on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 22:45:00 / November 5, 2018 @ 10:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 134.8 km (84 miles). Exact location, longitude -75.4514° West, latitude 4.988° North, depth = 134.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:45:00 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqxx. Id of event: us1000hqxx.
Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Norcasia, Abejorral, La Unión (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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