A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.9828 West, latitude 6.7852 North, depth = 157 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000je34. Unique identifier: us2000je34. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:00:49 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 15:00:49 / January 22, 2019 @ 3:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Sabana de Torres, Toledo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NNE of Aratoca, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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