A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Margarita in Colombia on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:49:45 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 47.44 km, -74.3168° West, 9.074° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 04:49:45 / April 17, 2020 @ 4:49 am. Id of earthquake: us70008y5u. Event ids that are associated: us70008y5u. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.44 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Plato, Sincé, Zambrano. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Magangué (c. 100 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from El Banco (c. 54 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Plato (c. 48 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mompós (c. 30 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sincé (c. 30 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sucre (c. 23 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 10 km SSW of Margarita, Colombia.
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