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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Ricaurte in Colombia

Posted by admin on August 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.1993S, -78.1327WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ricaurte in Colombia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.1327 West, latitude 1.1993 North, depth = 62.75 km. The temblor was detected at 15:34:06 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/20 / 2020-08-11 15:34:06 / August 11, 2020 @ 3:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.75 km (39 miles). 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: us6000bg1k. Unique identifier: us6000bg1k.

The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tulcán (c. 86 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ipiales (c. 77 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (c. 20 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Túquerres (c. 20 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Gabriel (c. 15 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Samaniego (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pimampiro, El Tambo, San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km W of Ricaurte, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.1327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km W of Ricaurte, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-11 15:34:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-18 15:30:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 1.006 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000bg1k Id of event.
Event Code 6000bg1k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bg1k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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