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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Piedecuesta in Colombia

Posted by admin on November 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.885S, -73.1113WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:53 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.1113 West, latitude 6.885 North, depth = 147.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000cqfa. Unique identifier: us6000cqfa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/20 / 2020-11-16 23:19:53 / November 16, 2020 @ 11:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.53 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinácota, Yondó, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km SSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1113° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.885° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SSW of Piedecuesta, 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 23:19:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-24 05:30:36 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 326 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 0.986 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 96 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 us6000cqfa Id of event.
Event Code 6000cqfa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cqfa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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