A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Dibulla in Colombia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -73.6708° West, 11.9577° North. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:19:59 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005ngk. Id of event: us70005ngk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 11:19:59 / September 29, 2019 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Marta, Ríohacha (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Santa Marta (c. 431 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ríohacha (c. 92 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 85 km NNW of Dibulla, Colombia.
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