A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Mosquera in Colombia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n077. Id of event: us6000n077. Exact location of event, depth 34.404 km, -78.9415° West, 2.4753° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 05:34:23 / May 22, 2024 @ 5:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:34:23 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.404 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from El Charco (c. 28 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Francisco Pizarro (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Charco, Tumaco, Francisco Pizarro.
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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km W of Mosquera, Colombia.
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