A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Salento in Colombia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:21:48 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.4253° West, latitude 4.7589° North, depth = 142.61 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.61 km (89 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 02:21:48 / February 10, 2019 @ 2:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jnh7. Id of event: us2000jnh7.
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaduas, Guamo, Aguadas. The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Girardot City (c. 130 300 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km NE of Salento, Colombia.
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