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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Colombia in Colombia


Earthquake location 3.1416S, -74.8082WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Colombia in Colombia. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:12:19 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -74.8082° West, latitude 3.1416° North, depth = 37.37 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.37 km (23 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/21 / 2021-01-23 21:12:19 / January 23, 2021 @ 9:12 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000d2ra. Event ids that are associated: us7000d2ra.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rioblanco, Guamo, Ortega (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Neiva (c. 352 900 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Campoalegre (c. 22 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Chaparral (c. 20 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Guamo (c. 14 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Natagaima (c. 11 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Purificación (c. 10 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Algeciras (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 25 km S of Colombia, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.8082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.1416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km S of Colombia, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-23 21:12:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-23 21:33:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 402 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 1.76 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000d2ra Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2ra An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2ra, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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