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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Dabeiba in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.8307S, -76.5252WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Dabeiba in Colombia. Global time and date of event 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 09:58:18 / May 21, 2024 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.5252 West, latitude 6.8307 North, depth = 50.621 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n00i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n00i. The temblor was detected at 09:58:18 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.621 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Urrao (c. 18 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Antioquia (c. 11 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ituango (c. 10 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Frontino (c. 8 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cañasgordas (c. 6 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ituango, Antioquia, Urrao.

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 was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 33 km WSW of Dabeiba, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.5252° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8307° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.621 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WSW of Dabeiba, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 09:58:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 10:48:18 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 284 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000n00i Id of event.
Event Code 6000n00i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n00i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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