Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lejanias in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Lejanias in Colombia on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:29:11 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/02/20 / 2020-02-13 15:29:11 / February 13, 2020 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -74.0313° West, 3.5396° North, depth 9.29 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.29 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70007tmz. Unique identifier: us70007tmz.

Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Granada (c. 32 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from San Martín (c. 16 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Arbeláez (c. 5 300 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Lejanías (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arbeláez, Puerto Lleras, Villavicencio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km NW of Lejanias, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.0313° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	3.5396° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km NW of Lejanias, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-13 15:29:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-13 18:25:11	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	298	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	1.328	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	us70007tmz	Id of event.
Event Code	70007tmz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70007tmz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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