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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Morales in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Morales in Colombia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 12:22:03 / May 24, 2020 @ 12:22 pm. The temblor was detected at 07:22:03 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -76.5661° West, 2.748° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us70009pgm. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009pgm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yumbo, Patía, Palmira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Cali (c. 2 392 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Popayán (c. 258 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Palmira (c. 248 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yumbo (c. 71 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Tejada (c. 53 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Florida (c. 47 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Jamundí (c. 44 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km E of Morales, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.5661° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	2.748° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km E of Morales, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-24 12:22:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-25 05:17:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	312	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	3.125	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us70009pgm	Id of event.
Event Code	70009pgm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009pgm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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