A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from San Andres in Colombia. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 18:38:57 / March 21, 2019 @ 6:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000jjx4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jjx4. Exact location of earthquake, -72.8819° West, 6.8061° North, depth 151.87 km. The temblor was reported at 13:38:57 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.87 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 Chinácota, Sabana de Torres, Belén. The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km W of San Andres, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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