A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Murindó in Colombia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.13 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -76.9095° West, 6.9648° North, depth 50.13 km. 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: 01/12/20 / 2020-12-01 04:20:35 / December 1, 2020 @ 4:20 am. Unique identifier: us7000cli2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cli2. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:20:35 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Carepa (c. 20 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Frontino (c. 8 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Riosucio (c. 7 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carepa, Frontino, Chigorodó.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 9 km W of Murindó, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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