A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Jose del Palmar in Colombia on Friday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:52:47 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.53 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 18:52:47 / April 3, 2020 @ 6:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 134.53 km, -76.3416° West, 5.0023° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008rr0. Unique identifier: us70008rr0.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quibdó (c. 75 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chinchiná (c. 68 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Armenia, Circasia, Los Andes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km WNW of San Jose del Palmar, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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