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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Murindó in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.8644S, -77.0296WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Murindó in Colombia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.929 km (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n84y. Unique identifier: us6000n84y. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:03:26 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 19:03:26 / June 25, 2024 @ 7:03 pm. Exact location of event, depth 38.929 km, -77.0296° West, 6.8644° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Chigorodó (c. 48 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Riosucio (c. 7 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chigorodó, Dabeiba, Riosucio (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km WSW of Murindó, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.0296° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8644° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.929 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km WSW of Murindó, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-25 19:03:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-25 19:54:06 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.634 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 39 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 us6000n84y Id of event.
Event Code 6000n84y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n84y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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