A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Jordán in Colombia on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000d3qv. Unique identifier: us7000d3qv. Exact location of earthquake, -73.1146° West, 6.8519° North, depth 146.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/21 / 2021-01-19 14:51:18 / January 19, 2021 @ 2:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 146.2 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:51:18 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yondó, Toledo, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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 N of Jordán, Colombia.
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