A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Cerrito in Colombia on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 170.71 km (106 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 13:10:54 / November 27, 2018 @ 1:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:10:54 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.5916 West, latitude 6.8501 North, depth = 170.71 km. Unique identifier: us1000hyei. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hyei.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Vicente de Chucurí, Socorro, Chinácota (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km E of Cerrito, Colombia.
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