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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Jordán in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.7006S, -73.0766WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.024 km (99 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000n17w. Event ids that are associated: us6000n17w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 05:12:32 / May 27, 2024 @ 5:12 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:12:32 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -73.0766° West, 6.7006° North, depth 159.024 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yondó, Duitama, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Close 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

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. 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: 4 km SSE of Jordán, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0766° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 159.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SSE of Jordán, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 05:12:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 14:42:35 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 326 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 128 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000n17w Id of event.
Event Code 6000n17w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n17w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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