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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 3 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia


Earthquake location 6.7272S, -73.0312WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 153.64 km, -73.0312° West, 6.7272° North. 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 153.64 km (95 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 03:04:57 / January 24, 2019 @ 3:04 am. Id of earthquake: us2000j832. Event ids that are associated: us2000j832. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:04:57 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barbosa, Chinácota, Vélez. Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).

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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 3 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0312° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7272° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 153.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NNW 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 2019-01-24 03:04:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-24 03:15:40 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 449 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 2.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us2000j832 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j832 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j832, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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