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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 5 km SW of Floridablanca, Colombia


Earthquake location 7.0221S, -73.1158WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Floridablanca in Colombia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.93 km (94 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d3qi. Id of event: us7000d3qi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/21 / 2021-01-19 04:29:59 / January 19, 2021 @ 4:29 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:29:59 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.1158 West, latitude 7.0221 North, depth = 150.93 km.

Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soatá, Yondó, San Alberto (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km SW of Floridablanca, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1158° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.0221° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SW of Floridablanca, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-19 04:29:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-01 00:50:06 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 259 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 1.122 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us7000d3qi Id of event.
Event Code 7000d3qi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d3qi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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