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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 11 km WSW of San Andres, Colombia

Posted by admin on February 1, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.7608S, -72.9399WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from San Andres in Colombia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -72.9399° West, 6.7608° North, depth 156.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/20 / 2020-02-01 10:26:51 / February 1, 2020 @ 10:26 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:26:51 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156.51 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007m2t. Id of event: us60007m2t.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Málaga (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de Torres, Belén, El Playón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km WSW of San Andres, Colombia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.9399° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7608° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km WSW of San Andres, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-01 10:26:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-01 10:45:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.347 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007m2t Id of event.
Event Code 60007m2t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007m2t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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