A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Monterrey in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 03:29:34 / April 26, 2020 @ 3:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.36 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.7867 West, latitude 4.8947 North, depth = 49.36 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:29:34 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700097nv. Unique identifier: us700097nv.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Sogamoso (c. 126 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yopal (c. 61 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Aguazul (c. 15 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Garagoa (c. 11 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Monterrey (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sogamoso, Puerto López, Ramiriquí (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 12 km ENE of Monterrey, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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