A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 141 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia (88 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:11:22 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d7wm. Unique identifier: us6000d7wm. Global time and date of event 13/01/21 / 2021-01-13 01:11:22 / January 13, 2021 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -79.8572 West, latitude 2.4845 North, depth = 10 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 141 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia.
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