A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km NNW of Timbiqui, Colombia (63 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 11:06:05 / January 26, 2019 @ 11:06 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j95x. Id of event: us2000j95x. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.13 km (17 miles). Exact location, longitude -78.0826° West, latitude 3.5912° North, depth = 27.13 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:05 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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