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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Unguía in Colombia

Posted by admin on September 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.2036S, -76.9309WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Unguía in Colombia on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 03:23:38 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000bh09. Event ids that are associated: us7000bh09. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/20 / 2020-09-03 03:23:38 / September 3, 2020 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -76.9309 West, latitude 8.2036 North, depth = 42.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.39 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tierralta, Arboletes, Riosucio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Apartadó (c. 86 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Turbo (c. 50 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tierralta (c. 26 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Carepa (c. 20 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Urabá (c. 11 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Necoclí (c. 10 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km NE of Unguía, Colombia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.9309° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.2036° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km NE of Unguía, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-03 03:23:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-04 00:46:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 3.028 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us7000bh09 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bh09 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bh09, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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