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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Aratoca in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.7862S, -72.9756WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 161.19 km (100 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hxs5. Id of event: us1000hxs5. The temblor was detected at 00:31:55 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 05:31:55 / November 29, 2018 @ 5:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 161.19 km, -72.9756° West, 6.7862° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Málaga (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Sabana de Torres, El Playón (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.9756° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7862° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 161.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-29 05:31:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-29 06:23:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.347 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000hxs5 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxs5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hxs5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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