A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Mountain in Colombia on Sunday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:05:29 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6mc. Unique identifier: us2000j6mc. Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 14:05:29 / January 20, 2019 @ 2:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -81.0014° West, latitude 13.0776° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Andrés (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from San Andrés (c. 58 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Did you feel anything?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km SE of Mountain, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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