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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Saladoblanco in Colombia


Earthquake location 2.0194S, -76.027WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Saladoblanco in Colombia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 06:11:07 / May 5, 2024 @ 6:11 am. Exact location of event, longitude -76.027 West, latitude 2.0194 North, depth = 12.009 km. Unique identifier: us6000mwfa. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwfa. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.009 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:11:07 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Paujil, Yaguará, El Doncello. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Popayán (c. 258 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Florencia (c. 130 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Pitalito (c. 53 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Belalcazar (c. 31 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Garzón (c. 29 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Plata (c. 19 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NNE of Saladoblanco, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.027° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.0194° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.009 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NNE of Saladoblanco, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-05 06:11:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 05:15:00 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 298 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.184 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us6000mwfa Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwfa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwfa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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