Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near San Carlos in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Carlos in Colombia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 17:25:02 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -74.8294° West, 7.8033° North, depth 71.332 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.332 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 17:25:02 / May 11, 2024 @ 5:25 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz6p. Unique identifier: us6000mz6p.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Montelíbano (c. 85 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Caucasia (c. 58 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from El Bagre (c. 40 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Segovia (c. 39 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from San Carlos (c. 22 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ayapel (c. 22 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Remedios, Achí, Santa Rosa del Sur.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km WNW of San Carlos, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.8294° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.8033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	71.332 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km WNW of San Carlos, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-11 17:25:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-05 21:34:17	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	271	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	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.746	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	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	us6000mz6p	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mz6p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mz6p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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