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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 18 km ENE of Sipí, Colombia


Earthquake location 4.7095S, -76.4865WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sipí in Colombia on Monday. Unique identifier: us7000cfn8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cfn8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/20 / 2020-11-16 13:59:20 / November 16, 2020 @ 1:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:59:20 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -76.4865° West, latitude 4.7095° North, depth = 62.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.89 km (39 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pizarro, Restrepo, Santa Rosa de Cabal (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tuluá (c. 165 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Buga (c. 118 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Calarcá (c. 62 200 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 18 km ENE of Sipí, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.4865° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km ENE of Sipí, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-16 13:59:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-16 14:35:24 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 354 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 1.753 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000cfn8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cfn8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cfn8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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