A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Santa Maria in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 07:32:27 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j967. Event ids that are associated: us2000j967. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 12:32:27 / January 26, 2019 @ 12:32 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -75.7693° West, 2.9902° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Cali (c. 2 392 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Neiva (c. 352 900 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Popayán (c. 258 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Palmira (c. 248 000 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Yumbo (c. 71 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Tejada (c. 53 700 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Florida (c. 47 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jamundí (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Popayán, San Antonio, Guacarí. Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WNW of Santa Maria, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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